US Patent Issued to THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust on Nov. 18 for "Chest drain connector" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,341, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to THE NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY (Nottingham, Great Britain) and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (Nottingham, Great Britain).

"Chest drain connector" was invented by Philip Breedon (Nottingham, Great Britain), Martin Beed (Nottingham, Great Britain), Joshua Wright (Nottingham, Great Britain), Luke Siena (Nottingham, Great Britain) and Joseph Meeks (Nottingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakaway chest drain connector, which includes a first part having an inlet for connecting to an upstream portion of a chest drain tube, a one-way valve and a first flange surroundi...