US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 12 for "Disinfecting cap with re-use prevention" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,719, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Disinfecting cap with re-use prevention" was invented by Ashley Rachel Rothenberg (Morris Plains, N.J.) and Matthew Oshinski (Oak Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical connector for connection to a corresponding medical connector is described. The medical connector includes a housing having a radial protrusion and a cavity, the cavity defined by a closed end, an open end, a partially cylindrical sidewall and a radial sidewall. The medical connector further includes an insert disposed within the housing, the insert including a lock...