US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on July 14 for "Fluid connector system" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,611, issued on July 14, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Fluid connector system" was invented by Manish Kumar (Bengaluru, India), Praveen Nalawade (Belagavi, India), Karthik MR (Bangalore, India) and Balaji K (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluid connector systems including first and second connector portions that can form a fluid pathway when coupled together and can resist fluid flow therethrough when separated. Each connector portion can include a connector housing, a luer portion, and a spherical valve member. The spherical valve member is disposed within the connector housing extends partially thr...