ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,578, issued on March 24, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Torsional connector coupling assembly" was invented by Abin Austin (Thrissur, India), Mohammed Mehtab Khan (Bengaluru, India) and Aman Desai (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler including a first connector having a mating portion with a first opening, and a first torsion member disposed within the mating portion with a first channel. The first torsion member being rotatable relative to the mating portion. The coupler including a second connector having a second torsion member with a second channel, and a coupling portion having a second ...