US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 29 for "Device for the attached flow of blood" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,936, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Device for the attached flow of blood" was invented by Kishore K. Bokka Srinivasa Rao (Ridgewood, N.J.), Jayeon Kim (River Edge, N.J.) and Milan Ivosevic (Kinnelon, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collection device which directs a flow of blood into a container and provides a controlled blood flow path that ensures blood flow from a collection site to a collection container is disclosed."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2023, under Application No. 18/237,670.

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