US Patent Issued to STAUBLI FAVERGES on Nov. 18 for "Female fluid connector element and fluid connector comprising such an element" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,003, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to STAUBLI FAVERGES (Faverges-Seythenex, France).

"Female fluid connector element and fluid connector comprising such an element" was invented by Christophe Durieux (Gilly sur Isere, France) and Serafim Marques Barroca (Albertville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector element comprising a body, a locking mechanism and a seal. The seal comprises a base arranged facing, backward to a proximal surface and facing, forward to a distal surface of the body, as well as a lip. The lip extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body and forward, protruding from the base and defining a free...