US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 14 for "Vascular access device to reduce buckling of a probe" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,598, issued on July 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vascular access device to reduce buckling of a probe" was invented by Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City), Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah), Curtis H. Blanchard (Riverton, Utah) and John Lackey (West Valley City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular access device may include a housing, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a slot. An advancement element may extend through the slot and may be configured to move linearly along the slot between a retracted position and an advanced position. In response to movement of the advancement ele...