ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,708, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Patency checking system" was invented by Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah), Joseph Spataro (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), Huy Tran (Riverton, Utah), Kathryn Willybiro (Park City, Utah), Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and Bart D. Peterson (Farmington, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patency checking system, may include a fluid path to be coupled to an intravenous (IV) device at a distal end of the fluid path; a patency port formed along a length of the fluid path; and a plunger fluidically coupled to the fluid path at the patency port to selec...