US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on April 22 for "IV access port cap for providing antimicrobial protection" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,232, issued on April 22, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"IV access port cap for providing antimicrobial protection" was invented by Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah) and Siddarth Kamath Shevgoor (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap is configured to provide antimicrobial protection to a female luer port of an intravenous device. The cap distributes an antimicrobial solution within the intraluminal surfaces of the port when the cap is connected to the port. A cap may also be designed to distribute an antimicrobial solution around the exterior surfaces of the port. Once connected to a port, the cap can...