US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Nov. 25 for "Vial adapter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,556, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Vial adapter" was invented by Marco Cheng (Tustin, Calif.), Jonathan Yeh (Brea, Calif.) and Soon Park (Cypress, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary vial adapter may include a moveable member, an elongated member with a first passage, a second passage coupled to an expandable first reservoir, and a third passage coupled to an expandable second reservoir. In a first orientation of an exemplary vial adapter, a fluid may be directed through the first passage into the first reservoir or the second reservoir. In a second orientation of an exemplary via...