US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Jan. 27 for "Closed male luer device for use with needleless access devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,503, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Closed male luer device for use with needleless access devices" was invented by George Michel Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.) and Matthew Paul Fried (Upland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical connector is described which is formed by a body having an inlet port, an outlet port through a male luer portion of the body, and a fluid path between the inlet port and the at least one outlet ports. A retractable post extends through the fluid path in the male luer sealing a tip of the male luer thereby closing the fluid path when the connector in not activa...