US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 7 for "Blood collection adapter and related devices to reduce hemolysis" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,807, issued on July 7, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Blood collection adapter and related devices to reduce hemolysis" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adapter may include a distal end, which may be configured to couple to a catheter assembly. The adapter may include a proximal end, which may include a proximal connector configured to couple to a blood collection device. The adapter may include a fluid pathway disposed between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the fluid pathway includes a non-linear porti...