US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 20 for "Universal disinfecting cap for different types of female connectors" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,208, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal disinfecting cap for different types of female connectors" was invented by Praveen Nalawade (Belagavi, India) and Manish Kumar (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap configured to engage different types of female connectors includes a housing having a closed bottom, an open top, and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom with threads on an inner surface of the sidewall. The cap also includes a sleeve disposed in the housing with threads engaged to the threads of the housing configured to rotate relative to ...