ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,469, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"IV catheter insertion guide" was invented by Shaun Lauer (Salt Lake City), Rajakumar Nallaswamy (Draper, Utah), Mitchell Wheat (Sandy, Utah), Rachel Molloy (Sandy, Utah) and John Lackey (West Valley City, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IV catheter insertion guide is configured to reduce the pain a patient may experience during catheter insertion. The IV catheter insertion guide may include two platforms that can be positioned on opposing sides of the insertion site. An upstream platform can include an ultrasonic transducer or another type ...