ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,726, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Luther Needlesafe Products LLC (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
"System and method for assembly of a 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 Jason 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 conn...