US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on Sept. 8 for "Catheter assembly housing and related devices and methods" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,237, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Catheter assembly housing and related devices and methods" was invented by Mukilan Balamurugan (Tamil Nadu, India) and Abinesh Selvam (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular access device may include a housing, a catheter assembly and a needle assembly. The housing includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a slot extending longitudinally therebetween. The catheter assembly includes a catheter hub and a catheter extending distally from the catheter hub, wherein the catheter and the catheter hub are disposed within the housin...