ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,806, issued on July 15, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).
"Method for disconnection" was invented by Jurgen Hacker (Neu-Anspach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for disconnecting two fluid-conducting line sections of a medical device which are detachably interconnected, wherein a first line section of the two line sections has at least partially an elastic property. The method comprises the steps of enclosing a fluid volume in the two line sections, generating a reduced pressure in the two line sections, as a result of which elastic deforma...