US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Oct. 27 for "Needleless connector having check valve with asymmetric valve design and primary seal support" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,545, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Needleless connector having check valve with asymmetric valve design and primary seal support" was invented by Todd Oda (Torrance, Calif.), George Mansour (Diamond Bar, Calif.), Tomas Frausto (Walnut, Calif.), Ali Saleh (Irvine, Calif.), Archana Rao (Los Angeles) and Siddarth Shevgoor (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needleless connector may include a housing comprising a central longitudinal axis, a body portion, and a base portion. The body portion may include an inner surface forming an internal cavity, and a first port forming a first...