US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 7 for "Instrument advancement device having an anti-buckling feature" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,041, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Instrument advancement device having an anti-buckling feature" was invented by Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Justin G. Hortin (Farmington, Utah), Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and Bart D. Peterson (Farmington, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument advancement device may include a housing and an extension tube extending through the housing. A wedge may be disposed within the housing. The wedge may include an arc-shaped channel. A pair of opposing pinch members configured to pinch the extensio...