ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,629, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to 410 Medical Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Systems, apparatus, and methods for filtering air from a fluid line" was invented by Galen C. Robertson (Apex, N.C.), Andrew W. Lane (Rolesville, N.C.), Savannah K. Steele (Durham, N.C.), Mark D. Piehl (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Robert W. Titkemeyer (Chesterfield, Mo.), Stephen Latham (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Douglas Rodenkirch (Sun Prairie, Wis.), Jesse Darley (Madison, Wis.), Curtis Irwin (Madison, Wis.) and Amrish Chourasia (Beloit, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a housing can define a reservoir. A lower cap can be coupled to the housing and ...