ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,413, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Connector coupling assembly" was invented by Mohamed Shafiq (Bangalore, India) and Kanjimpuredathil Muralikrishna Menon (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly may include a cover defining a cavity, a luer portion extending through an open end of the cover, a proximal connector disposed at least partially in the cavity of the cover, a pusher mounted on the proximal connector, a distal connector at least partially disposed in the cover, and a stopwatch mounted on the cover and including at least one contact. The pusher may include a...