US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Dec. 23 for "Flush enhancing male luer tip design for syringes and any luer connector" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,515, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Flush enhancing male luer tip design for syringes and any luer connector" was invented by Marty L. Stout (South Jordan, Utah), Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luer connection device is disclosed having a housing including a side wall having an inside surface defining a lumen with a central axis, a proximal end, and a distal end including a male luer tip having a central flow diverter extending outwardly from the central axis to direct a fluid to a circumferential dead spa...