US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on March 24 for "Medical device with overmolded adhesive patch and method for making same" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,154, issued on March 24, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Medical device with overmolded adhesive patch and method for making same" was invented by Jeffrey Reed (Minden, Neb.), John Knight (Clay Center, Neb.) and Scott Townsend (Holdrege, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adhesive patch is secured to an infusion set, patch pump or other on-body medical device by an overmolding process during manufacture of the medical device, or during manufacture of a portion of the medical device, without the need for a separate adhesive. This provides a more secure connection between the patch and the medical...