ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,425, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ICU MEDICAL INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Closure for releasably sealing an air hose port" was invented by Gretchen Benkendorf (St. Louis Park, Minn.), Christopher Allen Lacy (Arden Hills, Minn.), Ben Peterson (Apple Valley, Minn.) and Nathan L. Schlueter (Bloomington, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retainer with a closure mechanism not removable from the retainer is bonded to each of the air inlet openings of an inflatable convective thermal blanket. The bottom surface of the retainer is bonded to the blanket so that its orifice is in alignment with the opening into the blanket. The cl...