ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,625, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Life Technologies Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Handheld tubing welder" was invented by Mark Thomas Smith (Nibley, Utah), Tony Wentai Hsiao (Providence, Utah) and Brycen Hal Mills (Millville, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for handheld tubing welders are herein disclosed. In an embodiment, a handheld tubing welder can include a housing configured to be held by a user and a tubing retainer coupled to the housing. The tubing retainer can include a first and second retainer slot configured to receive and retain a first section of a first tubing and a second tubing, respectively...