ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,447, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Cytiva Sweden AB (Uppsala, Sweden).
"Chromatography system and couplings therefor" was invented by Mats Lundkvist (Uppsala, Sweden), Bjorn A. Johansson (Uppsala, Sweden) and Tim Francois (Uppsala, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are chromatography systems employing a releasable coupling 100 for holding a fluid tubing to a spigot, the coupling comprising: a cylindrical inner component 110 for accepting a fluid tubing 30, said inner component including a resiliently deflectable portion 118 arranged to urge an outer surface of the tubing toward a spigot; and a cylindrical collar 13...