US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on June 23 for "Sensor assembly and system, method, and computer program product for identifying devices connected to device connectors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,491, issued on June 23, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Sensor assembly and system, method, and computer program product for identifying devices connected to device connectors" was invented by Jack Balji (Mahwah, N.J.) and Mark Andrew Nelson (Harrison, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly may include a sensor surrounding a connector of a medical device. The sensor may be configured to detect a dimension of an end of another connector of another medical device when the another connector of the another medical device is connected to the connector of the medical device. A system may inc...