US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on July 7 for "Medical connectors configured to receive emitters of therapeutic agents" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,005, issued on July 7, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Medical connectors configured to receive emitters of therapeutic agents" was invented by Thomas F. Fangrow (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a medical fluid connector is configured to receive an emitter of therapeutic agents to be emitted into a fluid pathway within the connector, the medical fluid connector comprising a proximal female end, an intermediate region, a distal male end, and a fluid pathway extending from the proximal female end, through the intermediate region, to the distal male end. A retaining struc...