ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,453, issued on June 3, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Medical connector with luer-incompatible connection portion" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a first medical connector configured to be removably attachable with a second medical connector to permit fluid flow between the first and second medical connectors. The first medical connector can include a first region with a luer-compatible connection portion being configured to engage luer-compatible medical devices, and a second region comprising a resilient seal and a first luer-incompatibl...