US Patent Issued to ICU Medical on May 26 for "Sealing member" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,483, issued on May 26, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Sealing member" was invented by David Nelson (Long Beach, Calif.), Nicholas Lopez (Laguna Beach, Calif.) and Alison D. Burcar (Villa Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath can be used to protect a catheter hub from contamination. The sheath can surround the catheter hub and seal the interface between the catheter hub and a needleless connector. The sheath can be installed onto the catheter hub either before or after the needleless connector has been connected to the catheter hub."

The patent was filed on Feb. 12, 2019, under Application No....