ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,812, issued on July 22, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).
"Keep vein open infusion flow control device" was invented by Benjamin Yang Teck Tan (Yew Mei Green, Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Keep vein open (KVO) infusion flow control devices are provided. The KVO infusion flow control device couples to intravenous (IV) tubing and includes a flow controller that provides a full open fluid flow rate through an outlet portion of the IV tubing when the flow controller is in an open position, and a KVO fluid flow rate through the outlet portion of the IV tubing when the flow controller is in a KVO position. Visual ...