US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 24 for "Closed system flexible vascular access device sensor deployment system" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,357, issued on March 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Closed system flexible vascular access device sensor deployment system" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), Megan S. Scherich (Salt Lake City), Jack Balji (Mahwah, N.J.) and Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor deployment system for a vascular access device includes: a primary lumen; a deployment connector configured to be connected to at least one of a luer connector; a needle-free connector; a catheter adapter, with the deployment connector attached to the primary lumen, an instru...