ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,723, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING LLC (Pompano Beach, Fla.).
"Multi-piece closure assembly" was invented by Robert Banik (Hollywood, Fla.), Peter Lehel (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Patrick Vitello (Pompano Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closure assembly for a medical or other type container including one or more closures each including a housing having a hollow interior and a communicating access opening. A tip cap is removably disposed within the hollow interior of each of the one or more closures, in an accessible disposition by the medical container, via access opening. A flag structure is ...