ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,077, issued on March 25, was assigned to EXAIL (Saint-Germain-enLaye, France).

"Device for a sealed passage of longitudinal elements through a partition" was invented by Sebastien Grall (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France), Pierre Lallemand (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France), Frederic Murier (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) and Lionel Secco (Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for the sealed passage of at least one longitudinal element through a through-hole provided in a partition, including-a frame capable of being permanently fastened in a sealed manner on the partition in order to delimit th...