ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,300, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Igus GmbH (Cologne, Germany).

"Compact conduit for clean room applications, and casing and clamping fixtures for said conduit" was invented by Andreas Hermey (Hennef, Germany) and Dominik Barten (Meckenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conduit for lines, such as cables or hoses, particularly in a clean room application. The conduit has an elongate, flexible casing which can be moved to and fro, particularly while forming a deflecting bend between two runs, and at least one receptacle for guiding at least one line, with each receptacle extending in the form of a channel in a longitudi...