ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,446, issued on July 7, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Reusable fluid pumping device" was invented by Mohammed Mehtab Khan (Whitefield Bangalore, India), Karthik Mr (Bangalore, India), Saushthav Shrivastava (Bengaluru, India), Akshay Srikanth (Bengaluru, India) and Abhishek Krishnan (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pump assemblies for use with an IV set are described herein. A pump assembly includes a rotatable crank, a piston rod, and a diaphragm assembly. The crank includes a crank profile defining a plurality of lobes. The piston rod includes a first follower and a second follower spaced apart from...