US Patent Issued to DEKA Products on Aug. 5 for "Disposable components for fluid line autoconnect systems and methods" (California, Georgia, New Hampshire, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,197, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Disposable components for fluid line autoconnect systems and methods" was invented by David W. McGill (Woodstock, Ga.), Jacob W. Scarpaci (Manchester, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), Simon C. Helmore (San Francisco) and Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Components for a medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an APD system, in which one or more lines (such as solution lines), spikes or other connection ports may be automatically capped and/or de-capped. This feature may provide advantages, such as a reduced likeliho...