US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Oct. 6 for "Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,095, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Universal single-use cap for male and female connectors" was invented by Chang Jiang (Butler, N.J.) and Nichola Charles (Budd Lake, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for connection to a medical connector, the device includes a cap, an elastic sealing ring and a peelable seal. The cap configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap includes one or more threads adapted to engage with a female luer connector. The cap is adapted to engage a male luer connector in a press-fit c...