US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Nov. 4 for "Medical device cap for drug transfer assembly" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,787, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Medical device cap for drug transfer assembly" was invented by Tushar R. Sathe (Cedar Knolls, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device cap that protectively surrounds a medical device component for disinfection purposes and includes an identification element that can record and transmit pertinent information of the medical device cap and the medical device component is disclosed. The medical device cap enables documentation of instances when the cap is used and promotes stronger compliance with the use of medical device caps for applic...