ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,896, issued on June 10, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).
"Fluid-fitting tool" was invented by Ryan Callahan (Long Beach, Calif.) and Wantjinarjo Suwito (West Linn, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid-fitting tool is disclosed that can align with and rotationally couple with a fluid fitting where the fluid-fitting tool can include a passage and an engagement feature for engaging against the fluid fitting such that when the fluid-fitting tool is spaced apart from the fluid fitting, the fluid-fitting tool can move in a longitudinal direction toward and away from the fluid fitting, and can rotate relative to the f...