ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,759, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).
"Protective cover for a part of a medical device" was invented by Ronny Barten (Lubeck, Germany), Christian Hilleke (Lubeck, Germany) and Gerd Wotha (Warnsdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protective device (10, 10') provides a protective cover for a part (12, 12', 12") of a medical device and includes a flexible part (14, 14') and a rigid part (16, 16'). The rigid part (16, 16') has at least one locking element (28, 28'). The locking element (28, 28') is lockingly connectable to a counterpiece of the corresponding part (12, 12', 12") of th...