ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,703, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to INTERSURGICAL AG (Vaduz, Liechtenstein).

"Paediatric cuvette" was invented by Matthew James William Leary (Wokingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas sampling assembly comprising an insert and a cuvette, and an insert for use in a cuvette, suitable for sampling respiratory gases of paediatric patients, the insert comprising a unitary insert having a hub and at least two extending members extending outwardly from the hub, the at least two extending members defining a void therebetween and the insert being located, in use, at least partially within the sampling channel, and the...