ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,342, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Delivery device for a vascular access instrument" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and Joseph Spataro (Cottonwood Heights, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device for delivering an instrument into a catheter assembly may include a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a slot. The delivery device may include a guide feature, which may be disposed within the housing. The guide feature may extend through the slot. The delivery device may include an instrument disposed within the housing and extending th...