US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 17 for "Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,924, issued on June 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" was invented by Chang Jiang (Butler, N.J.) and Nichola Charles (Budd Lake, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes a cap having an annular wall having an exterior wall surface and an interior wall surface including a plurality of inwardly extending protrusions sized and shaped to frictionally engage a male luer, and a peelable seal. The cap configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or ant...