US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 9 for "System and method for priming an intravenous line" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,852, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"System and method for priming an intravenous line" was invented by Alicia Malbin (Ridgewood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for priming an intravenous line includes a closed system transfer device having a first connector and a second connector, a connector device having a first connector and a second connector, a collection device having a first connector, a cannula having a distal end, and a sleeve having a first position where the distal end of the cannula is positioned within the sleeve and a second position where the distal e...