ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,837, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STRATEC SE (Birkenfeld, Germany).
"Peristaltic pump cassette arrangement using multiple tubes and a pressure plate" was invented by Martin Trump (Birkenfeld, Germany), Marek Urbanczyk (Birkenfeld, Germany) and Volker Barenthin (Birkenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic pump having a motor with a motor axis, a cassette with a rotor connected to the motor axis and a plurality of rollers, a tube partially surrounding the rotor between the rollers and a pressure plate mounted to a side wall, a spring between the pressure plate and a cover for applying a force to the pressure pl...