ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,476, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Instrument advancement device" was invented by Curtis H. Blanchard (Herriman, Utah), Adam J. Boud (Bluffdale, Utah), John M. Lackey (West Valley City, Utah), Megan S. Scherich (Salt Lake City) and Shaun Staley (Murray, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument advancement device includes an access connector configured to be connected to a vascular access device, a primary lumen in fluid communication with the access connector, an instrument received within the primary lumen and having a retracted position and an extended position, an advan...