ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,257, issued on March 17, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Tamper-resistant cap" was invented by Jonathan Yeh (Diamond Bar, Calif.) and Marco Cheng (Tustin, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap for coupling to a medical adapter may include a housing with a closed top end and an open bottom end with legs that extend from the housing away from the bottom end. Members may extend from an inner surface of the legs to engage and secure the cap to a medical adapter or an insert configured to mate with a medical adapter. A cap may include angular ridges between a cap housing and an insert to permit rotation of the cap...