ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,456, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Disinfection device for female connectors" was invented by Manish Kumar (Arrah, India), Hemant Vilas Belsare (Karnataka, India) and Praveen Nalawade (Karnataka, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for connection to a female medical connector is disclosed, the device includes a cap, a scrubbing foam, an elastic sealing lip, and an absorbent material. The cap is configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap may include one or more threads adapted to engage with a female l...