US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 24 for "Instrument delivery device with nested housing" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,811, issued on March 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Instrument delivery device with nested housing" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), Megan S. Scherich (Salt Lake City), Curtis H. Blanchard (Herriman, Utah) and Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an instrument delivery device for advancing an instrument into a vascular access device. The instrument delivery device includes an outer housing, a connector coupled to the outer housing and including a projection member that mates with the vascular access device, and an inner housing ...