US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 22 for "Activator attachment for blood control catheters" (Utah, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,842, issued on July 22, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Activator attachment for blood control catheters" was invented by S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah), Richard Champion Davis III (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Bryan G. Davis (Sandy, Utah) and Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An activator attachment that can be attached to the proximal end of a catheter adapter and can activate a blood control valve within the catheter adapter."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/396,474.

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