US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on May 6 for "Closed IV access device with y-port needle-free connector" (Utah, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,656, issued on May 6, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Closed IV access device with y-port needle-free connector" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), George Michel Mansour (Pomona, Calif.) and Jonathan Yeh (Diamond Bar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-port connector such as a closed intravenous (IV) access device with a y-port needle-free connector may be provided. The multi-port connector may include a main housing with a longitudinal axis, a needle free connector disposed along the longitudinal axis, and a y-port extending from a sidewall of the main housing at an angle that is no...