US Patent Issued to Luther Needlesafe Products on April 22 for "Low profile passive protector for an I.V. catheter" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,224, issued on April 22, was assigned to Luther Needlesafe Products LLC (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

"Low profile passive protector for an I.V. catheter" was invented by Joseph G. Antonucci (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Joseph B. Antonucci (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Philip J. Antonucci (Mission Viejo, Calif.), John Muri (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Jeff Alan Burke (Murrieta, Calif.), Daniel G. Velasco (Murrieta, Calif.), Joshua Alexander Sparks (Murrieta, Calif.) and Kevin Martin Magrini (Murrieta, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-profile universal passive protector for an IV catheter includes a connector having a tubular body and a pair ...