ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,150, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Automatic fluid flow system with latch connection" was invented by Emelia Funnell (Milton, Ga.), Jason Jishen Cheng (Avondale Estates, Ga.), Rohit Sinha (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Michal Tourchak (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to apparatus and methods for automatic fluid flow system connectors. The system generally includes a load cell interface coupled to a console and a ring connector coupled to a fluid collection system. The ring connector can be releasably engaged with the load cell using an engagement...