US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on June 23 for "Needleless connector with support member" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,494, issued on June 23, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC..

"Needleless connector with support member" was invented by Jonathan Yeh (Brea, Calif.), Christopher J. Zollinger (Chino Hills, Calif.), George Michel Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.) and Matthew Quach (San Gabriel, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Needleless connectors are described herein. A needleless connector includes a body, a valve element at least partially disposed within the body, and a base. The valve element includes a cylindrical portion having an outwardly extending flange at a distal end. The flange has a bottom surface with an outer area and an inner area. ...