ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,629, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Disinfecting syringe tip" was invented by Kevin M. Ryan (Whitehouse Station, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection tip is described for disinfecting a threaded connector of a syringe. The disinfection tip includes a cylindrical outer housing, a substantially cylindrical inner housing extending from a distal wall of the outer housing, a distal chamber defined by the outer sidewall of the inner housing, the inner wall of the outer housing and the distal wall of the outer housing, the distal chamber being in fluid communication with th...