US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 23 for "IV flow management systems and methods" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,013, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"IV flow management systems and methods" was invented by S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Ralph L. Sonderegger (Farmington, Utah), Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah) and Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravenous delivery system may operate by gravity feed, and may have a liquid source containing a liquid, a drip unit that receives the liquid from the liquid source, and tubing that receives the liquid from the drip unit for delivery to a patient. A flow rate sensor may be used...