US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 17 for "Blood collection assembly with vibration module" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,523, issued on June 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Blood collection assembly with vibration module" was invented by Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (1) for obtaining a biological sample that includes a blood collection device (10) and a vibration device (80) removably attachable to the blood collection device that provides pain relief is disclosed. The vibration device of the present disclosure provides pain relief to a patient by vibrating the blood collection device. The vibration device can be attached to the blood collection device before it is placed o...