US Patent Issued to DE LAMA on July 22 for "Magnetically operated closing device for controlled contamination equipment" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,101, issued on July 22, was assigned to DE LAMA S.P.A. (San Martino Siccomario, Italy).

"Magnetically operated closing device for controlled contamination equipment" was invented by Andrea Muggiasca (Pavia, Italy) and Paolo Bianchi (Pavia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear stem (3) guides a sliding door (11), which is dragged by a magnetic drive unit between an operating position (W), in which it covers and closes an access mouth (20) to an internal compartment (21) of a sterilizer (1), and an inoperative or opening (N), in which the door (11) moves to a position next to the access mouth (20), thus making it accessible fr...