US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 1 for "Button safety cap for catheter insertion device" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,497, issued on July 1, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Button safety cap for catheter insertion device" was invented by Russell Cole (River Vale, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button safety cap for a patch pump or other fluid infusion device prevents accidental activation of an activation button of a catheter insertion device that, when pressed, moves from an undeployed position to a deployed position to introduce a cannula and/or a needle into a user's skin. The button safety cap includes a pull member and a stabilizing surface adapted to stabilize the patch pump or other fluid infusion devic...