US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Aug. 25 for "Disinfecting cap for needleless connectors with multi-part housing and automatic lock" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,841, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Disinfecting cap for needleless connectors with multi-part housing and automatic lock" was invented by Ashita Raj (Bangalore, India) and Karthik MR (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfecting cap for a needleless connector includes an outer housing having a sidewall and an outer guide on an inner surface of the sidewall. The cap also includes an inner housing having an open end sized to receive a distal end of the needleless connector, a sidewall, and an inner guide on an outer surface of the sidewall that interacts with the ...