ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,017, issued on June 9, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Multilayer medical tubing with low sorbability" was invented by Zehra Sevinc (San Diego), Mark Doane (San Diego), Lawrence Trainer (San Diego), Wantjinarjo Suwito (San Diego) and Anthony Guevara (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical tube can have a continuous inner layer having a continuous outer layer thereon, in which the inner layer includes a polyolefin such as a polyethylene or polypropylene or a functionalized polyolefin. The outer layer can include a thermoplastic polymer such as one or more of, or a blend including, a thermoplastic polyurethan...