ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,875, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Fluid-tight hose connection" was invented by Philipp Henke (Hamburg, Germany), Nils Torkuhl (Barsbuettel, Germany) and Alrun Thuemen (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid-tight hose connection for a surgical instrument including: a hose having an inner hose and an outer protective hose surrounding the inner hose, wherein the inner hose has a coiled hose portion at an end portion of the hose; and a sleeve having a wedge-shape in a longitudinal section, the sleeve being arranged between the coiled hose portion of the inner hose an...