ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,554, issued on July 14, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Drip chamber assembly" was invented by Huntington Woodman (Irvine, Calif.), Kelly Kloster Hon (Del Mar, Calif.), Ryan Callahan (Long Beach, Calif.) and Leyla Yamin (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drip chamber assemblies are described herein. A drip chamber assembly includes a drip chamber and a filter. The drip chamber includes a chamber body defining a chamber volume. The filter is disposed within the chamber volume. The filter includes a folded filter media, which defines an inlet portion of the chamber volume and an outlet portion of the chamber vo...