US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on April 22 for "Systems, methods, and components for trapping air bubbles in medical fluid transfer modules and systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,249, issued on April 22, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Systems, methods, and components for trapping air bubbles in medical fluid transfer modules and systems" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Jay Hachey (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bubble traps for use in medical fluid lines and medical fluid bubble trap systems are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the bubble trap is configured to trap gas (e.g., air) that flows into the bubble trap from a fluid line. In some embodiments, the bubble trap includes an inlet and an outlet and a chamber between the in...