US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 16 for "Universal caps including interfering protrusions for interference engagement to medical connectors" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,997, issued on June 16, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal caps including interfering protrusions for interference engagement to medical connectors" was invented by Shishir Prasad (Ramsey, N.J.), Balaji K (Chennai, India), Prasad Govindaraj (Coimbatore, India) and Sridhaar Nandakumar (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap configured to engage at least a first connector and a second connector of different types includes a housing having a first end, an open second end, a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of interfering protrusions extendi...