US Patent Issued to CAREFUSION 303 on Sept. 1 for "Overmolded hemolysis-reduction accessories for direct blood draw" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,557, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CAREFUSION 303 INC. (San Diego).

"Overmolded hemolysis-reduction accessories for direct blood draw" was invented by Alireza Salehi Borojerdi (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Amarsinh Deeliprao Jadhav (Bangalore, India), Mohammed Mehtab Khan (Bengaluru, India), Shelby Ann Bieritz (Durham, N.C.), Chris Jesse Zollinger (Chino, Calif.) and Ryan Schoonmaker (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow restriction device may include a male luer connector portion, a female luer connector portion, a tube, and an overmolded body portion. The male luer connector portion defies a first lumen. The female luer co...