US Patent Issued to Repligen on July 1 for "Tubing coupler moldings and systems, and associated methods" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,912, issued on July 1, was assigned to Repligen Corp. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Tubing coupler moldings and systems, and associated methods" was invented by Stephen Murphy (Foulksmills, Ireland) and Christopher Bullock (Moorpark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubing system with a coupler join positioned between and joining tubing segments. The coupler join is formed to reduce dead legs and hold up volumes within, and/or to reduce materials used to form, and/or to simplify the manufacturing process of the tubing system. The coupler join may be sized, shaped, configured, and/or dimensioned to join tubing segments, such as pre-formed ...