ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,770, issued on April 22, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Method and system for modular connections with electrical components" was invented by Gregory Borges (San Diego), Daniel Govea (San Diego), Roman Dodge (Santee, Calif.) and Daniel Kimm (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module for a modular patient care system is disclosed. The electronic module can include a housing having an attachment side configured to releasably attach to an adjacent electronic module. A latch mechanism can be configured to engage a catch member on the adjacent electronic module to secure the attachment side to the adj...