US Patent Issued to Summit International Medical Technologies on April 22 for "Reconstitution vial mixing apparatus" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,012, issued on April 22, was assigned to Summit International Medical Technologies Inc. (Franklin, Mass.).

"Reconstitution vial mixing apparatus" was invented by Michael A. Merchant (Franklin, Mass.) and Hsi Chin Tsai (Franklin, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medicinal vial reconstitution and IV dispensing device includes a bifurcated receptacle adapted to engage a medicinal vial, and a valve or barrier for selectively opening and closing the medicinal vial from fluidic communication with the patient IV line. The reconstitution device mixes medication with saline solution from an IV bag through a dedicated channel. The reconst...