ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,123, issued on June 24, was assigned to MedSource Labs LLC (Chanhassen, Minn.).
"Safety intravenous cannula" was invented by Neeraj Gupta (Gurgaon, India), Calvin Todd Fagley (Excelsior, Minn.) and Rachel Ann Sender (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cannula comprising a catheter assembly, a body member, an elongated tubular member, a needle hub, and a safety device fixedly connected to a distal end of the elongated tubular member and releasably connected to the body member. The body member includes an annular groove, and the safety device comprises locking elements. When the needle...