US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Nov. 4 for "Inhibiting fluid leakage and splatter in catheter devices and systems" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,780, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Inhibiting fluid leakage and splatter in catheter devices and systems" was invented by Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah), John Stokes (Pleasant View, Utah), Chad Alan Tagge (Sandy, Utah) and Lawrence J. Trainer (Murray, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle tip shield may include a needle passageway that may receive a needle, a tip shield interior space that may receive a needle block, and a fluid restriction member. The fluid restriction member may be configured to restrict fluid leakage into and/or out of the needle tip shield. The fluid restricti...