US Patent Issued to Parasol Medical on Aug. 12 for "Intravenous fluid bag with an integrated valve having a seal with a compressed state that permits fluid flow into the bag and a relaxed state preventing fluid flow" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,464, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Parasol Medical LLC (Buffalo Grove, Ill.).

"Intravenous fluid bag with an integrated valve having a seal with a compressed state that permits fluid flow into the bag and a relaxed state preventing fluid flow" was invented by Patrick E. Eddy (Allendale, Mich.) and Michael D. Kilcran (Antioch, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravenous fluid bag comprising: a primary chamber configured to retain a liquid; a valve in fluid communication with the primary chamber, the valve including a housing, a spike element, and a seal, with the housing surrounding the seal, which surrounds the spike elem...