US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 2 for "Catheter assembly with angle changing and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,284, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter assembly with angle changing and related methods" was invented by Curtis H. Blanchard (Riverton, Utah), Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah) and Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end and the proximal end. The catheter assembly may include a catheter secured within the catheter adapter and extending from the distal end of the catheter ad...