US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Feb. 24 for "Vein simulator system" (Utah, Arizona, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,078, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vein simulator system" was invented by S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Aaron Bell-Cares (Mapleton, Utah), Nathan Christiansen (Spanish Fork, Utah), Brenda Williams (Holbrook, Ariz.), Caleb Larson (Tucson, Ariz.), Ross Knutson (Cheney, Wash.), Alyson Devenport (Salem, Utah) and Dorothy Taylor (Springville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vein simulator system can be used by clinicians to improve their proficiency in placing catheters such as PIVCs or in otherwise accessing a vasculature. A vein simulator syst...