US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 14 for "Dual ended disinfecting cap for stopcock valves" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,659, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Dual ended disinfecting cap for stopcock valves" was invented by Sean Coyle (Pennington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal cap for both male and female connections includes configuration of structural elements allowing the cap to be opened at either end. Optionally, an inner wall feature allows each end of a cap structure to function as its own cap, or perform a separate capping function. For example, should one end of the cap structure be in use, and the other end of the cap structure be open to air, the end of the cap structure i...