ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,093, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to ICU Medical Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).
"Medical connectors" was invented by Erik Scott Shauver (Tustin, Calif.), Trent Spencer Wells (Santa Ana, Calif.) and David Nelson (Lake Forest, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breakaway medical connector can include a housing with engagement features that interface with corresponding engagement features on a breakaway member so that the breakaway is attached to the housing. A second connector can couple to the breakaway member to provide a fluid connection between the first connector and the second connector. If a force above a threshold is applie...