ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,841, issued on April 15, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter assembly" was invented by Shaun Staley (Murray, Utah) and Weston Harding (Lehi, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (20), a needle (22) having a sharp distal tip and disposed within the catheter (20), a catheter hub (30) connected to the catheter (20) having the needle (22) passing therethrough, and a housing (70) that encloses the sharp distal tip of the needle (22). An external surface of the catheter hub (30) and an internal surface of the housing (70) each include at least one of a chann...