US Patent Issued to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings on May 27 for "Medical fluid line connection devices" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,140, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Medical fluid line connection devices" was invented by Diego Suarez del Real Pena (Mission, Texas) and Jose Eduardo Pena Martinez (Reynosa, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical fluid line connector includes a body defining a central opening extending therethrough, a first projection extending from a first portion of the body, and a second projection extending from a second portion of the body, the second projection being circumferentially and axially offset from the first projection. The first portion of the body and second porti...