ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,371, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Genzyme Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Fluid transfer device" was invented by Haiming Wu (Weston, Mass.) and Dan Ferreira (Woodbridge, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid transfer device for transferring a fluid between a diluent container and a medicament container includes a body, a first connecting portion to connect to the diluent container, and a second connecting portion to connect to the medicament container. The first connecting portion includes a first fluid channel to fluidically communicate with an interior of the diluent container, and the second connecting portion comprises a ...