ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,345, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MEDTRONIC MINIMED INC. (Northridge, Calif.).

"Fluid conduit assembly with gas trapping filter in the fluid flow path" was invented by Sarnath Chattaraj (Simi Valley, Calif.), Kiem H. Dang (Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Poonam S. Gulati (La Canada, Calif.) and Guangping Zhang (Calabasas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid delivery system and a fluid conduit assembly suitable for use with the system are disclosed herein. The system includes a fluid infusion pump and a fluid conduit assembly coupled to the pump to deliver medication fluid to a user. The fluid conduit assembly includes a str...