US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on April 22 for "Protector housing plastic spike with flash intended for DVO last drop extraction" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,009, issued on April 22, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. Ltd. (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland).

"Protector housing plastic spike with flash intended for DVO last drop extraction" was invented by Paul Paia Marici (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transferring fluids in a closed system transfer device using flash for last drop extraction and to reduce coring. The device including a piercing member having a distal end and a proximal end and defining a longitudinal fluid channel. A first opening positioned at the distal end of the piercing member wherein the first opening is in fluid communication with the lon...