US Patent Issued to Colder Products on Nov. 25 for "Aseptic fluid couplings" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,608, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Colder Products Co. (Roseville, Minn.).

"Aseptic fluid couplings" was invented by Jack T. Stangl (Falcon Heights, Minn.) and Loi T. Truong (Savage, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some fluid coupling devices described herein are configured for use in fluid systems for purposes of providing a single-use, aseptic disconnection functionality that substantially prevents fluid spillage when being disconnected. In some embodiments, the coupling portions cannot be functionally reconnected to each other after being disconnected from each other. Some fluid coupling device embodiments described here...