ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,478, issued on July 1, was assigned to DRAGERWERK AG & Co. KGAA (Lubeck, Germany).
"Anesthetic dispenser with mixing unit and anesthetic tank and process using anesthetic dispenser" was invented by Ralf Heesch (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anesthetic dispenser (100) includes an anesthetic tank (7) and a mixing unit (9) that mixes an anesthetic from the anesthetic tank with a carrier gas. Liquid anesthetic (Nm) can be refilled into the anesthetic tank through a refill opening (6). In one operating mode, a specified operating pressure is maintained. A closure (16) is moveable from a closed position via an intermedia...