US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Nov. 3 for "Extension set for improving patency of a vascular access device" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,472, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Extension set for improving patency of a vascular access device" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City) and Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extension set is configured to improve patency of a vascular access device. An extension set may include a probe that can be selectively advanced through a vascular access device to which the extension set is connected. The extension set may include an integrated device, or may be configured to receive a device, for collecting blood from or injecting a fluid into a pa...