US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 18 for "Catheter having a closed tip and slit for a peripheral intravenous catheter assembly" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,527, issued on March 18, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter having a closed tip and slit for a peripheral intravenous catheter assembly" was invented by S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah) and Bart D. Peterson (Farmington, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a connector, which may include a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the connector may include a male luer adapter, which may be configured to couple with a proximal end of a catheter adapter. The apparatus may include a catheter, which may include a proximal end secured within the connector. The catheter m...