US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Feb. 17 for "Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,682, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" was invented by Weston Harding (Lehi, Utah), Chang Jiang (Butler, N.J.) and Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes a cap, a barrier wall, a first seal, a second seal, a first annular wall including a plurality of internal threads, and a second annular wall including a plurality of external threads. Also described is a device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes a cap, a f...