US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 15 for "Catheter hole having a flow breaking feature" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,328, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter hole having a flow breaking feature" was invented by Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah), Jeffrey C. O'Bryan (Murray, Utah) and Chad M. Adams (Alpine, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peripheral catheter having a catheter tip diffuser for reducing an exit velocity of an infusant within the catheter. Pluralities of diffusion side holes are provided on the tip portion of the catheter. Some examples further include pluralities of annularly arranged, staggered diffusion holes provided on the tip portion of an intravenous catheter ...