ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,056, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Oetiker NY Inc. (Lancaster, N.Y.).

"Tamper resistant fluid connection assembly with visual connection verifier" was invented by Thomas A. Anderson (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Robert J. Kern (Williamsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid connection assembly, including a connector body, including a first end, a second end, a first through-bore, a first radially outward facing surface including at least one aperture extending from the first radially outward facing surface to the first through-bore, and at least one engaging element arranged in the at least one aperture, and a collar c...