ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,586, issued on April 29, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Flow stop device" was invented by Jake Smith (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Soon Park (Cypress, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flow stop assemblies are described herein. A flow stop assembly configured to control flow through a tubing includes a flow stop base and a pincher. The flow stop base includes a base wall, at least one pincher guard, a tubing guide, a pincher recess, a pincher protrusion, and a base extension. The pincher is movable relative to the base extension and is configured to move between a flow position and an occlusion position, wherein in ...