ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,064, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Adjustable pressure regulating and pressure indicating needle-free connectors" was invented by Ankita Jawale (Nashik, India), Abin Austin (Thrissur, India), Amarsinh Deeliprao Jadhav (Bangalore, India) and Kanjimpuredathil Muralikrishna Menon (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle-free connector assembly is provided that includes a main housing coupled to an indicator housing. A plunger is coupled to a bellows disposed in the main housing. An inlet port is disposed at an upstream end of the indicator housing and an outlet port is disposed a...