ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,479, issued on May 26, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Vascular access device and related systems and methods" was invented by Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah), Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), Curtis H. Blanchard (Riverton, Utah), Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City) and Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular access device may include a housing and an instrument disposed within the housing. The housing may include a proximal end, a distal end, a slot, and an advancement tab. The advancement tab may be configured to move linearly along the slot between a retracted position ...