ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,467, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Needleless connector disinfection devices and methods" was invented by Gene Mason (La Habra Heights, Calif.), George Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Priya Saraf (Bengaluru, India) and Nimish Batra (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Needleless connector disinfecting devices are provided that include a body having a top surface and a bottom surface, a cavity in the body, the cavity configured to receive a needleless connector, an activation arm disposed on the body, a cartridge housing disposed on the activation arm, a swab cartridge disposed in the ...