ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,995, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).
"Linearly actuated flow controller for intravenous (IV) fluid administration" was invented by Soon Park (Cypress, Calif.), Janice Pak (Centennial, Colo.), Wesley Underwood (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Siddarth K. Shevgoor (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Flow controllers for intravenous (IV) tubing are provided. A flow controller may include a first structural member comprising a first outer surface and a first inner surface disposed at an angle to the first outer surface, a second structural member comprising a second outer surface parallel to t...