US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 24 for "Blood draw device having tactile feedback mechanism" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,338, issued on March 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Blood draw device having tactile feedback mechanism" was invented by Adam J. Boud (Bluffdale, Utah), Curtis H. Blanchard (Herriman, Utah) and Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood draw device including an introducer and an actuator. The introducer has a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an inner volume, and includes a top surface having a first portion of a first length and a second portion of a second length. The first portion may have a smooth surface along the first length and the second portion ...