US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 16 for "Disinfecting cap for male and female connectors including a constricting lock" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,998, issued on June 16, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Disinfecting cap for male and female connectors including a constricting lock" was invented by Manish Kumar (Bengaluru, India), Praveen Nalawade (Belagavi, India), Shashwat Jain (Indore, India) and Kadamb Gupta (Greater Noida, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap configured to engage connectors of different types includes a housing having an open first end, a second end, a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, and an opening extending through the sidewall. The cap further includes a flexible sleeve disposed in the ho...