US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 1 for "Probe advancement device and related systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,146, issued on July 1, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Probe advancement device and related systems and methods" was invented by Curtis H. Blanchard (Riverton, Utah), Adam J. Boud (Bluffdale, Utah) and Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe advancement device may be configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The probe advancement device may include a flexible housing, which may include a proximal end and a distal end. The probe advancement device may include a probe advancement element coupled to the proximal end of the flexible housing. The probe advancement element ma...