ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,337, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter system with remote instrument delivery" was invented by Jonathan Karl Burkholz (Salt Lake City), Bryan F. Bihlmaier (Provo, Utah) and Joseph Spataro (Cottonwood Heights, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a catheter system may include a catheter adapter having a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending there between. In some embodiments, the catheter system may also include a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter, an extension tube, and a connector coupled to a proximal ...