Patents Assigned to Becton
  • Patent number: 12038371
    Abstract: Particle analyzers having scintillation counters are provided. Particle analyzers of interest include a flow cell for transporting particles in a flow stream, a light source for irradiating a particle in the flow stream at an interrogation point, a particle-modulated light detector for detecting light from the interrogation point, and a scintillation counter for assessing particle radioactivity. In embodiments, the scintillation counter is positioned within the flow cell and configured generate particle radioactivity data that may be associated with a given particle in a plurality of particles. Methods and non-transitory computer readable storage media for practicing the invention are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Petersen, Geoffrey Osborne
  • Patent number: 12038326
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for spectrally resolving light from fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra in a sample. Methods according to certain embodiments include detecting light with a light detection system from a sample having a plurality of fluorophores having overlapping fluorescence spectra and spectrally resolving light from each fluorophore in the sample. In some embodiments, methods include estimating the abundance of one or more of the fluorophores in the sample, such as on a particle. In certain instances, methods include identifying the particle in the sample based on the abundance of each fluorophore and sorting the particle. Methods according to some embodiments includes spectrally resolving the light from each fluorophore by calculating a spectral unmixing matrix for the fluorescence spectra of each fluorophore. Systems and integrated circuit devices (e.g., a field programmable gate array) for practicing the subject methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Peter Mage, Keegan Owsley
  • Patent number: 12038373
    Abstract: Systems for detecting light (e.g., in a flow stream) are described. Light detection systems according to certain embodiments include a wavelength separator configured to generate first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light from a light source and first, second and third light detection modules configured to receive each of the first, second and third predetermined spectral ranges of light, the light detection modules having a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component that conveys light having a predetermined sub-spectral range to the photodetectors. Systems and methods for measuring light emitted by a sample (e.g., in a flow stream) and kits having three or more wavelength separators, a plurality of photodetectors and an optical component are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventor: Fedor Ilkov
  • Patent number: 12036396
    Abstract: A medication injection pen comprises a dose set knob rotatable with respect to a housing to set a desired injection dose. The dose set knob comprises at least one internal thread. A leadscrew includes a thread element for advancing in a first direction via a corresponding thread engagement. A driver is rotationally fixed to the leadscrew and is rotatable in a first direction to rotate and advance the leadscrew in the first direction. The setback member is rotationally fixed to the driver. The dose stop member is rotationally coupled to the setback member and is axially movable relative to the dose set knob when the dose set knob is rotated relative to the setback member. Axial movement of the dose stop member limits the user from setting a dose that is greater than an injectable volume of medication remaining in a cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Richard E. Cronenberg, Michael Quinn, Haiming Wu
  • Patent number: 12037649
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for detection of vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis (BV) are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the presence or absence of VVC-associated Candida, Trichomonas vaginalis, and a plurality of BV-related bacteria in a sample is determined using multiplex nucleic acid-based testing methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Nancy Paquette, Marie-Helene Tremblay, Simon Tremblay, Roseline Therrien, Marie-Christine Fortin, Lucile Belley-Montfort, Dany Cantin, Celine Roger-Dalbert
  • Patent number: 12036386
    Abstract: A medicament delivery device comprising a housing connected to a base and enclosing an interior, the interior having a fluid channel wherein the fluid channel passes from a first position in the interior, to a second position outside the interior, and to a third position in the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Egidio Pizzochero, J. Richard Gyory, Joseph Biehler
  • Patent number: 12038372
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure include a system for performing cytometry that can be operated in three operational modes. In one operational mode, a fluorescence image of a sample is obtained by exciting one or more fluorophore(s) with a top-hat-shaped excitation beam with a plurality of beams that are radiofrequency shifted relative to one another. In another operational mode, a sample can be illuminated successively over a time interval by a laser beam at a plurality of excitation frequencies in a scanning fashion to generate an image of the sample from the detected fluorescence. In another operational mode, the system can be operated to illuminate a plurality of locations of a sample concurrently by a single excitation frequency (e.g., a horizontal extent), which is generated, e.g., by shifting the central frequency of a laser beam by a radiofrequency and detected fluorescence is used to analyze the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric D. Diebold, Keegan Owsley, Jonathan Lin
  • Publication number: 20240226426
    Abstract: A delivery device (10) for delivering medicament, such as insulin, to a patient includes a barrel (20), a delivery mechanism (12), and a pump assembly (14). The pump assembly includes a plunger (54), a drive member (56) and a drive screw (58). The plunger is able to slide within a barrel of the device independently of the drive plate. In one embodiment, the plunger is able to slide axially on the drive screw. The medication, such as insulin, can be introduced to the barrel (20) to fill the device and force the plunger to move axially in the barrel into engagement of the drive plate. The drive plate has a threaded aperture that mates with the drive screw. The drive plate engages the plunger by rotation of the drive screw to dispense the medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Paul ANDERSON
  • Publication number: 20240225486
    Abstract: A syringe with an integrated vein finder is disclosed, which illuminates a potential venipuncture site of a patient and identifies a vein that is suitable for venipuncture with the syringe, for blood collection or intravenous drug administration. The syringe portion of the system includes a syringe barrel and a pointed-tip needle projecting from the distal end of the barrel for venipuncture. An illumination module is coupled to the syringe barrel; it has an illumination source that projects an electromagnetic beam into an illumination zone distal the syringe's pointed tip, for illuminating and identifying a subcutaneous vein. The integrated vein finder and syringe system is operable by a sole clinician, such as a phlebotomist, who can easily manipulate the syringe and illuminate the venipuncture site with one hand, without assistance of another clinician.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Praveen Nalawade, Manish Kumar, Shishir Prasad, Karthik MR
  • Publication number: 20240226528
    Abstract: An integrated disinfection device is described syringe assembly having two integrated disinfection units assembled to a syringe for disinfecting and sterilizing corresponding medical connectors, specifically access ports of corresponding medical connectors. The integrated disinfection unit includes a first cup and a second cup. The first cup having a chamber containing a first absorbent material, a first disinfectant or an antimicrobial agent in the first cup, and a first peelable seal. The second cup having a chamber containing a second absorbent material, a second disinfectant or an antimicrobial agent in the second cup, and a second peelable seal. A threaded connection is disposed on the bottom exterior surface of the first cup having threads that are sized and pitched to engage threads of a luer lock collar on the distal end of the syringe barrel to allow the first cup to be connected to the syringe assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Alban Yee, Shishir Prasad, Manish Kumar, Narasinha C. Parasnis
  • Patent number: 12029880
    Abstract: A needle hub including a core mounting structure, a first panel and a second panel each connected to the core mounting structure with an opening formed between the first panel and the second panel, and an introducer needle fixedly attached to the core mounting structure; a first actuation lever disposed within the opening, cantilevered at a central portion thereof from the core mounting structure that has a first actuation button disposed at a proximal free end and a first needle hub latch disposed at a distal free end. A needle tip shield is rotatably connected to one of the first panel and the second panel and rotatable from a first position in which a distal end of the introducer needle is exposed to a second position shielding the distal end of the introducer needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Ralph Sonderegger
  • Patent number: 12031994
    Abstract: An automated pre-analytical processing method and an apparatus for pre-analytical processing of samples to be forwarded to an adjacent analyzer for analysis. Rack label information is read and communicated to a processor. From the rack label information, the processor determines where to route the rack. The pre-analytical system has a rack robot that conveys racks to discrete locations depending upon the routing information assigned to the rack by the processor. The pre-analytical system has an automated station that reads the labels of individual sample containers in the rack that are brought to the automated station on instructions from the processor. Depending on the type of sample container and the type of sample disposed therein, the samples are either prepared for analysis by the automated station or the sample containers are directly passed through the automated station. Prepared samples and passed through samples are passed individually to a batching rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael T. VanSickler, Kevin Bailey, Christopher John Tesluk, Dwight Livingston, Steven C. Rotundo, Stephen Robert LaChance, Michael J. Touma, Brian James McKeen, Gerard Sevigny
  • Patent number: 12031118
    Abstract: A system and method with increased sensitivity to microorganism growth. The system includes signal processing electronic circuit connected to a consumable or vessel through two or more electrodes that fully penetrate the vessel and are in contact with the fluid contents. The electronic circuit is configured to detect a component of the total impedance of the sample, specifically the “out-of-phase” or imaginary reactance component, which has a sensitive response to organism growth in a frequency-dependent manner. The system detects changes in both the composition of charged molecules in the liquid matrix and the number of microorganisms based on monitoring the sample for change in this parameter. This results in a 5-70% reduction in time-to-detection (TTD). The system and method detect organisms in a plurality of vessel shapes, volumes, and matrix (or media) formats. The electrodes are fully immersed in a continuous body of liquid sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Shawn Beaty, Michael A. Brasch, Suneil Hosmane, David Polley, Julie L Rosales, Kerry Lynn Smith
  • Patent number: 12029875
    Abstract: A connector device includes a connector. An electrical lead wire is positioned in the connector. The electrical lead wire is configured to provide communication between the connector device and an external device. In certain embodiments, the electrical lead wire includes a contact point on a surface of the connector for electrically coupling the connector device to the external device. In addition to or as an alternative to the electrical lead wire, the connector device may include an optical coupling or channel in the connector configured for optical light transmission between the connector device and the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: S. Ray Isaacson
  • Patent number: 12030710
    Abstract: Methods of dispensing small piece goods are provided. The method includes storing one or more small piece goods in a storage container for a storage and dispensing station, reducing, by the plurality of contact reducing members, a contact area between the separating device base area and the one or more small piece goods within the storage container, rotating the separating device within the housing to situate a first channel above the dispensing opening, the first channel containing a first small piece good and dispensing the first small piece good through the dispensing opening Methods of using a system for storage and dispensing of drug portions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH
    Inventor: Erika Braun
  • Patent number: 12029883
    Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a syringe and a vibrator configured to vibrate at at least one frequency to reduce stopper friction. The vibrator is attached to the syringe. The syringe assembly may further include an infusion pump configured to draw fluid from the syringe with a negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Austin Jason McKinnon
  • Patent number: 12029828
    Abstract: A disinfection cap is described for connection to a medical connector, the disinfection cap including a housing having a top wall and sidewall forming a cavity, a blockage feature disposed on the top wall of the cavity, the blockage feature for fluidly blocking a hub of a luer connector, disinfectant or antimicrobial agent disposed within an open cell foam structure within the cavity. The open cell foam structure releasing the disinfectant or antimicrobial agent as the open cell foam structure is depressed by the hub of the luer connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Chang Jiang, Narasinha C. Parasnis, Amir Harandi
  • Patent number: 12023455
    Abstract: A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (22), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip disposed in the catheter (22), a catheter hub (14) housing the catheter (22) and the needle (12), the catheter hub (14) having a collar (34) including a notch (36), a needle shield (20) connected to the catheter hub (14) when the needle (12) is in a first position, and a clip (40) disposed in the needle shield (20) that cooperates with the needle (12), wherein the clip (40) engages the catheter hub (14) in the first position of the needle (12), and the clip (40) disengages the catheter hub (14) via the notch (36) when the needle (12) is retracted to a second position to enclose at least a portion of the needle (12). The clip (40) is mounted in the outer housing (38) of the needle shield (20) via a spade (66) having an outer wall (70) exposed to the outside of the needle shield (20), in order to reduce the overall width of the needle shield (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Siddarth Shevgoor, John Stokes, Weston Harding
  • Patent number: D1033633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • Patent number: D1034971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Olivia Hu, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Shaun Staley