US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 17 for "Needle cover retention" (Singaporean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,918, issued on June 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Needle cover retention" was invented by Yun Hui Wong (Singapore), Ralph L. Sonderegger (Farmington, Utah) and Shaun Staley (Murray, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system may include a catheter adapter, which may include a body and a nose extending distally from the body. The nose may be generally cylindrical. A strain relief rib may be disposed on the nose. The strain relief rib may be constructed of a flexible material. A bump may be disposed on the strain relief rib and configured to contact a needle cover. A catheter may be se...