ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,245, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).
"Single use disposable time indication devices" was invented by Shwetha Mahadev (Bangalore, India), Abin Austin (Thrissur, India) and Shraya Sajjanar (Dharwad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IV disposable time indication device includes one of a tube and a slot containing a volume of gel, wherein the gel is configured to evaporate at a determined rate of time upon activation by exposure to ambient air. A seal is configured to prevent contact of the gel with ambient air. One or more time indicators are disposed on the device, wherein evaporation of the g...