ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,230, issued on April 22, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Medical connector with closeable luer connector" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Bruce Hubrecht (Canyon Lake, Calif.), Harold Anderson (Wildomar, Calif.) and Christopher Lopez (Laguna Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in flu...