US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Nov. 18 for "Closed male luer device for use with needleless access devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,340, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Closed male luer device for use with needleless access devices" was invented by George M. Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Soon Park (Cypress, Calif.) and Jonathan Yeh (Brea, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical connector can include a body having a fluid path with an inlet port, an outlet port, a luer portion, and a post extending through a fluid path. An arm having a latch member is coupled to the body to engage a ridge or thread on an exterior surface of a reciprocal connector. The arm may also include an extension. When the connector is in an open ...