ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,413, issued on April 7, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Auto shut off male luer fitting" was invented by Ryan Callahan (Long Beach, Calif.), Todd Oda (Torrance, Calif.) and George Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical connector may include a body having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a lumen of the body, an inlet port defined at a proximal end of the body, and an outlet port defined at a distal end of the body. The medical connector may further include a compressible valve member comprising a normally closed slit and disposed in the lumen and extending through the inne...