ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,441, issued on May 26, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Telescoping needle shield with blood exposure prevention" was invented by Derek Alan Jewell (Cottonwood Heights, Utah), Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah), John Stokes (Pleasant View, Utah) and Chad Alan Tagge (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle shield device may include a needle housing and a needle assembly slideably coupled to the needle housing. The needle housing may include a nose portion configured to be inserted into a catheter adapter and an elongated body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a slot disposed between the distal ...