US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 24 for "Catheter tip control device and related systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,803, issued on March 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter tip control device and related systems and methods" was invented by Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Curtis H. Blanchard (Riverton, Utah), Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah) and John Lackey (West Valley City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. A wedge adapter may be retained within the lumen and have a wedge coupled thereto. The wedge may be configured to retain an end of a catheter such th...