US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 20 for "Catheter system having a needle retraction mechanism" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,294, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter system having a needle retraction mechanism" was invented by Edwin Jeyaseelan A. (Tamil Nadu, India) and Balaji Kannan (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter system may include a catheter assembly, which may include a catheter adapter and a catheter. The catheter system may include a needle assembly, which may include a barrel, an introducer needle, a needle hub affixed to the introducer needle, and a spring disposed around the needle hub. The needle assembly may include a push button for selective engagement with t...