US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on July 1 for "Fluid transfer device and method of use for same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,352, issued on July 1, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Fluid transfer device and method of use for same" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Amanda Punim (Dana Point, Calif.), David Nelson (Irvine, Calif.), Erik Scott Shauver (Tustin, Calif.) and Christopher James Hughes (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid transfer device can include a first attachment portion configured to engage a first port of a source container and a second attachment portion configured to engage a second port of an intermediate container. The first attachment portion can include a first proje...