US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 14 for "Multiuse disinfection cap assembly" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,660, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Multiuse disinfection cap assembly" was invented by Shishir Prasad (Ramsey, N.J.) and Praveen Nalawade (Belagavi, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiuse disinfection cap assembly configured to disinfect a connector, comprising a cap, a housing, and a chamber. The cap comprises a closed top, an open bottom, a first sidewall comprising a ridge, and a center arm. The housing comprises an open top, an open bottom, and a sidewall comprising a plurality of ridges. The chamber comprises a perforated bottom and an open top, which comprises an o...