US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on May 13 for "Skin preparation device for cleaning catheter line and hub" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,476, issued on May 13, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Skin preparation device for cleaning catheter line and hub" was invented by Manish Kumar (Bengaluru, India), Karthik Mr (Bangalore, India) and Shishir Prasad (Ramsey, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A skin preparation device including a body member, a fluid retention member operatively connected to a distal end of the body member, and a tip extending radially from an outer surface of the fluid retention member."

The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2022, under Application No. 17/982,083.

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