ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,161, issued on June 24, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).
"Pressure-regulating connector for infusion" was invented by Amarsinh Deeliprao Jadhav (Bangalore, India), Muralikrishna Menon (Bangalore, India) and Abin Austin (Thrissur, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting a container containing a medical fluid to a vascular access device may include an upper housing defining a first internal chamber, and a lower housing coupled to the upper housing and defining a second internal chamber for circulation of the medical fluid into the outlet. The connector may further include a slider disposed at lea...