US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 11 for "Catheter device having bendable extension legs" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,794, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter device having bendable extension legs" was invented by Scott Snyder (Taylorsville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter devices can have bendable extension legs. The extension legs may be designed to include armature wire that enables the extension legs to be bent into and to retain a variety of orientations. As a result, a clinician can easily position the luers of the extension legs into positions that are suitable for a particular patient and/or the clinician."

The patent was filed on Dec. 6, 2022, under Application No. 18/0...