US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 28 for "Non-luer connectors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,273, issued on July 28, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Non-luer connectors" was invented by Yun Jin (Bedminster, N.J.), Yongxian Wu (Edgewater, N.J.) and Devesh Mathur (Morris Plains, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drug delivery devices having integrated non-luer connectors are described. An exemplary drug delivery device includes a container with a non-luer connector that prevents connection of a standard female luer connector to the container. One or more embodiments pertain to a container with a non-luer connector that prevents the formation of a fluid-tight seal between a standard female lu...