US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on April 7 for "Device for delivering an antimicrobial composition into a medical device" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,410, issued on April 7, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Device for delivering an antimicrobial composition into a medical device" was invented by Robert J. Ziebol (Shoreview, Minn.) and Matthew David Beilke (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a device for delivering an antimicrobial composition into a medical device. Some embodiments disclosed herein provide a method for preventing infection and microbial ingress in medical device connections. The device includes a male connector with a distal tip and a recess at the distal tip. The surface of the recess incl...