US Patent Issued to DEKA Products on Feb. 17 for "Fluid line autoconnect apparatus and methods for medical treatment system" (California, New Hampshire, Florida, Massachusetts, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,605, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Fluid line autoconnect apparatus and methods for medical treatment system" was invented by Simon C. Helmore (San Francisco), David W. McGill (Woodstock, Ga.), David J. Hibbard (Bedford, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), Matthew J. Finch (Somerville, Mass.), Jesse T. Bodwell (Manchester, N.H.) and Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical infusion fluid handling system, such as an automated peritoneal dialysis system, may be arranged to de-cap and connect one or more lines (such as solution lines) with one or more spikes o...