ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,569, issued on June 3, was assigned to Miltenyi Biotec B.V. &Co. KG (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
"Sterile connector" was invented by Stefan Miltenyi (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany), Winfried Schimmelpfennig (Teterow, Germany) and Carlo Pannen (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is directed to an connector comprising a first part and a second part, each provided with a contact surface and at least one non-contact surface facing away from the contact surface, at least one opening in the contact surface having an fluid connection to at least one opening of the non-contact surface, a releasable covering ...