ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,919, issued on July 21, was assigned to CHS Healthcare Ventures Inc (Decatur, Ga.).

"Systems and methods for authenticating medical infusion lines" was invented by Hans Utz (Decatur, Ga.) and Dragan Nebrigic (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of systems and methods for authenticating illuminating medical infusion lines are disclosed. In one aspect a method for authenticating medical infusion lines utilizing a cap color detection assembly is disclosed. The method includes provisioning an electronic illuminator for illuminating medical infusion lines with a cap color detection assembly. Next, connecting a side scatte...