US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 23 for "Low-drag septum for a catheter system" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,483, issued on June 23, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Low-drag septum for a catheter system" was invented by Jithendra Kumar (Singapore) and Linda Kunardi (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peripheral intravenous catheter assembly may include a low-drag septum. The septum may include a body having a distal end and a proximal end, which may be sealed. The septum may include a slot disposed within an outer surface of the body and oriented along a longitudinal axis of the body. The slot may include a distal end spaced apart from the distal end of the body, and a proximal end spaced apart from...