ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,408, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Asset Medical Inc. (San Diego).
"Neutral displacement medical connector" was invented by Ahmet Reha Basaran (Istanbul) and Mehmet Tuysuz (Mugla, Turkey).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure proposes a medical connector including an elongated portion with a body portion and a proximal tip that is more proximal to the first end than the body portion. The body portion is tapered, such that a radial width of the body portion decreases towards the proximal tip. The elongated portion further includes one or more side openings on the body portion, and an internal fluid passageway in fluid commun...