US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on May 12 for "Vascular access device blood draw system with septum access" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,616, issued on May 12, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vascular access device blood draw system with septum access" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for blood draw including a catheter adapter having a catheter and a side inlet defining a fluid pathway into and out of the catheter. The system also includes a near-patient access port member having a main branch with a distal end couplable to the side inlet and a proximal end having a needle access connector coupled thereto. The system further includes a blood draw device removably couplable ...