US Patent Issued to CareFusion 303 on March 25 for "Medical device with automated modality switching" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,419, issued on March 25, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).

"Medical device with automated modality switching" was invented by Carlos M. Nunez (Carlsbad, Calif.) and James Alwan (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device such as an infusion system detects that an accessory has been coupled to the device. The medical device initially operates in a first mode of operation. The medical device, in response to the detecting, associates the accessory with a different mode of operation for the medical device that requires changes to at least one of the operating parameters for the infusion system or elements w...