ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,058, 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 Kari Ann Sausen (Clarence, 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 detent arranged in the at least one aperture, and a collar connected to th...