ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,534, issued on April 21, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Medical disinfection device with visible disinfection indicator" was invented by Praveen Nalawade (Belgaum, India), Amit Kumar (Bengaluru, India) and Amruta Vaghela (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection cap or device for disinfecting medical connectors. The cap includes a visual indicator that changes color after sufficient scrubbing effort and time have been expended by a clinician to disinfect the medical device, giving positive visual feedback to the treating clinician. An external housing of the cap includes a disinfec...