ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,483, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MEDICAL DEVICE ENGINEERING LLC (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

"Systems and methods for filling and venting dropper bottles" was invented by Jonathan Vitello (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Peter Lehel (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Patrick Vitello (Pompano Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to systems and methods that permit dropper bottles to be filled without removing the dropper spout from the body of the bottle. As such, dropper bottles having integrated spouts can be filled after manufacture of the bottle, which facilitates the aseptic preparation of compounded solutions...