ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,743, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Fluid connector assembly with neutral fluid displacement that limits connector damage" was invented by Amarsinh Deeliprao Jadhav (Bangalore, India), Sumit Rajpal (Panipat, India), Kaushik Suman (Jharkhand, India), Abin Austin (Thrissur, India) and Kanjimpuredathil Muralikrishna Menon (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid connectors assemblies that provide neutral fluid displacement without overlapping connectors are disclosed. A fluid connector assembly may include a housing and a pair of connectors (e.g., luers) coupled with the housing. A com...