US Patent Issued to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND on Feb. 11 for "Apparatus and method for taking a sample from a fluid-conducting system" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,516, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Apparatus and method for taking a sample from a fluid-conducting system" was invented by Juergen Haecker (Neu-Anspach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an apparatus for sample taking from a fluid-conducting system, wherein the apparatus has at least one adapter which comprises at least one septum and at least one cannula displaceable relative to the septum, wherein the cannula is displaceable such that it penetrates the septum in a sample taking position and does not penetrate the septum in a...