US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 9 for "Strain relief adapter for medical tubing connection" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,307, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Strain relief adapter for medical tubing connection" was invented by Jacob Wainer (Natick, Mass.), Richard Bucchianeri (Westford, Mass.) and Victor Politis (Natick, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strain relief adapter (100) for a medicament delivery device (200) includes a flexible body (101) having a first end (102) configured to connect to one of a fluid connector and a pump connector, a second end (104) configured to connect to tubing, a hollow fluid path (108, 110, 112, 114) therethrough fluidly connecting the first and second ends,...