US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 14 for "Disinfection cap" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,527, issued on July 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Disinfection cap" was invented by Chang Jiang (Butler, N.J.), Narasinha C. Parasnis (Nanuet, N.Y.) and Amir Harandi (Bloomingdale, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disinfection cap is described for connection to a medical connector, the disinfection cap including a housing having a top wall and sidewall forming a cavity, a blockage feature disposed on the top wall of the cavity, the blockage feature for fluidly blocking a hub of a luer connector, disinfectant or antimicrobial agent disposed within an open cell foam structure within the cavi...