US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Dec. 23 for "Disinfection device for female connectors" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,516, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Disinfection device for female connectors" was invented by Praveen Nalawade (Belgaum, India), Amit Kumar (Bengaluru, India) and Narsi Reddy Sanikommu (Prakasam District, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection device for disinfecting a female medical connector. The device includes an inner housing having an absorbent material that includes a disinfectant or antimicrobial agent that receives the connector. The device also includes an outer housing having an outer wall that receives the inner housing wherein the inner housing is rotata...