ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,367, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Peripheral intravenous catheter assembly having an extension set" was invented by Curtis H Blanchard (Riverton, Utah), Nathan Mitchell (Murray, Utah), Cristian Clavijo (Lehi, Utah), Megan Scherich (Salt Lake City), Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah), David Myers (Draper, Utah), Weston F. Harding (Lehi, Utah) and Tyler Warner (Bluffdale, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a proximal end, a distal end, a lumen extending through the proximal end and the distal end, and a s...