US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 30 for "Vascular access instrument having a fluid permeable structure, and related devices and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,287, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vascular access instrument having a fluid permeable structure, and related devices and methods" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), Daniel Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah), Curtis H. Blanchard (Herriman, Utah) and Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery device to deliver a guidewire through an intravenous catheter assembly may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a slot. The delivery device may include a guidewire, which may include a proximal end and a distal en...