ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,590, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Disinfection cap" was invented by Balaji Kannan (Chennai, India), Karthik MR (Bangalore, India), Prasad Govindaraj (Coimbatore, India) and Manish Kumar (Arrah, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection cap for a male medical connector comprising a housing, a scrubbing foam having a plurality of slits disposed within a first cavity of the housing, a central post extending from the closed bottom of the housing and positioned within the first cavity of the housing, a foam jacket disposed on the central post and having a plurality of slits...