US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 1 for "Piercing member for container access device" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,833, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. Ltd. (Dun Laoghaire, Ireland).

"Piercing member for container access device" was invented by Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, N.J.) and Paul Paia Marici (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transferring fluids includes a piercing member having a distal end and a proximal end and defines a longitudinal fluid channel. An opening is positioned at the distal end of the piercing member with the opening in fluid communication with the longitudinal fluid channel. Further, a sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end includes an extended position where the ...