US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 1 for "Ultraviolet disinfection probe for indwelling catheters" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,920, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Ultraviolet disinfection probe for indwelling catheters" was invented by Yiping Ma (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a catheter system that includes an intravenous catheter assembly including a catheter defining a lumen extending between a distal end and a proximal end of the catheter and an access connector configured to provide access to the lumen of the catheter. The catheter system also includes a disinfecting probe coupleable to the access connector, with the disinfecting probe including a housing having a prox...