US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 11 for "Catheter having dedicated blood collection port and related methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,334, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter having dedicated blood collection port and related methods" was invented by Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah) and Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension set for a catheter assembly may include a first lumen coupled to an infusion port and a second lumen coupled to a blood collection port. The second lumen may include a flow resistance that is optimized to reduce hemolysis during blood collection."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/143,911.

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