US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Feb. 17 for "Catheter insertion device" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,615, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter insertion device" was invented by Russell Cole (River Vale, N.J.), Michael Creighton (Hatboro, N.J.) and Gary Reuther (Warminster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertion device (10) includes a housing (12) with a base (14), a catheter (28), an introducer needle (30) and an actuator (26) mounted within the housing. The catheter (28) and needle (30) are coupled to the actuator (26) and movable between a first position where the catheter and needle are retracted within the housing and a second position where the catheter (...