US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on May 19 for "Pressure-regulating vial access devices and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,318, issued on May 19, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Pressure-regulating vial access devices and methods" was invented by Bhupinder Chhikara (San Clemente, Calif.), Srinath Lingutla (San Clemente, Calif.) and Brandon Eads (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In certain embodiments, a vial access device for removing liquid contents from a vial includes a piercing member extending from a base of an insertion member and a reservoir. The reservoir can be contained within the piercing member and the insertion member, such that the reservoir is introduced to the vial when piercing member is insert...