ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,311, issued on July 1, was assigned to CRISI Medical Systems Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Medication dose preparation and transfer system" was invented by Walter John Bochenko (Encinitas, Calif.), Stephen Michael Prince (San Diego) and Christopher Biagioli (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus, systems, methods and articles are described to prepare and track medications and medication containers as they are prepared, administered to patients and, in some cases, disposed of. Information such as medication type, concentration, and volume are associated with medication containers during preparation and this informat...