ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,082, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CareFusion 303 Inc. (San Diego).
"Smart wasting station for medications" was invented by Brendan J. Burgess (Poway, Calif.), Magnus R. Felke (San Diego), Dugan Joyce (Chula Vista, Calif.), Paul A. Preziotti (Coto de Caza, Calif.), Michael Rahilly (San Diego), Hal Schwartz (San Diego), Ramkumar Subramanian (San Diego) and Mustafa Yusufi (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Features relating to a wasting station that provides for secure collection, anonymous auditing, and safe disposal of medication are provided. The wasting station securely receives and stores wasted medication for ...