US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on April 7 for "Blood draw device with non-contact advancement device" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,015, issued on April 7, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Blood draw device with non-contact advancement device" was invented by Arnold Gatoro (Salt Lake City), Megan S. Scherich (Salt Lake City) and Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a blood draw device that includes an introducer having a housing with a guide tube fixedly contained therein that defines as guide lumen. A catheter arrangement moveable within the guide lumen includes a catheter defining a first catheter lumen, a secondary catheter defining a second catheter lumen, and a catheter fitt...