Patents Assigned to Becton
  • Catheter assembly
    Patent number: 12274841
    Abstract: A catheter assembly (10) comprises a catheter (20), a needle (22) having a sharp distal tip and disposed within the catheter (20), a catheter hub (30) connected to the catheter (20) having the needle (22) passing therethrough, and a housing (70) that encloses the sharp distal tip of the needle (22). An external surface of the catheter hub (30) and an internal surface of the housing (70) each include at least one of a channel member (34) and a raised portion (72) that interfit to restrict motion between the catheter hub (30) and the housing (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Shaun Staley, Weston Harding
  • Self-controllable load spring washer
    Patent number: 12274862
    Abstract: Provided herein is a load spring washer configured for use with a medical injection device, having a main body having a proximal surface and a distal surface and one or more protrusions extending proximally away from the proximal surface of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Nestor Rodriguez San Juan, Evan Leibowitz, Kayla Kaspar
  • Priming valve to induce appropriate pressure and flow profile and improve sensor readiness
    Patent number: 12276534
    Abstract: A priming valve includes a fluid flow path, a fluid inlet configured to couple to a fluid outlet of a fluid channel including at least one sensor configured to characterize at least one attribute of a fluid, a fluid outlet, a valve seat, and a connector. The connector engages the valve seat to prevent fluid flow via the fluid flow path. The connector is configured to move relative to the valve seat in response to a threshold pressure within the fluid flow path to allow the fluid to flow via the fluid flow path. A flow sensor sub-assembly for sensing flow of a fluidic medicament may include a priming valve and at least one sensor of a fluid port configured to characterize at least one attribute of a fluid within an administrable fluid source. A method for readying a fluid sensor may use a priming valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Andrew C. Farinella
  • INJECTION ASSEMBLY WITH MOVABLE SLEEVE
    Publication number: 20250114535
    Abstract: An injection assembly includes a syringe barrel having a proximal end and a distal end, a needle hub supporting the needle and coupled to the distal end of the syringe barrel. A sleeve is positioned on the syringe barrel and needle hub for sliding between a first position where the needle is covered and a second position exposing the needle. The sleeve is biased to the extended position to cover the needle. The sleeve has a distal end and a proximal end. During use, the syringe is positioned against the skin of the patient so that distal end of the sleeve contacts the skin of the patient before the needle so that lateral or angular force applied relative to the surface of the skin is absorbed by the sleeve to inhibit sliding of the sleeve and resist bending of the needle during insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Andrew ALLEGRETTI, Peter GIRGIS
  • PEN INJECTION DEVICE DOSE INDICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20250114534
    Abstract: A medication injection device and method of setting a desired dose of medication are provided, where the device includes a housing having an opening or a window therein, and a dose set knob is disposed at least partially within the housing. The dose set knob is movable with respect to the housing to set a desired dose of medication and has represented thereon one or more dose value indicators. The opening or window in the housing and the dose value indicators on the dose set knob are configured such that, when moving the dose set knob with respect to the housing to set or select the desired dose, the dose value representative of the selected dose is legible when viewed through the opening or window, but otherwise is not clearly legible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Roger Groskopf, Heesang Lee, Keith Pierce
  • Activation system and method for on-body medical devices
    Patent number: 12268838
    Abstract: A medical device for infusing medical substances has activation buttons accessible on an exterior of a device housing. The activation buttons and corresponding electrical switches within the device housing are configured to prevent inadvertent activation of the activation buttons and therefore inadvertent operation of the corresponding electrical switches to initiate a process such as the infusion of medical substance(s) to a user. The medical device employs overlap of respective time traces initiated by activation of the activation buttons to determine whether the activation is intended and valid. These respective time traces do not have to be initiated simultaneously or in any particular sequence. The activation buttons can be elastomeric overmolded buttons set within cutouts in the device housing, and, when depressed, make physical contact with the corresponding electrical switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Charles George Hwang, J. Richard Gyory, Joseph Gordon, Kenneth Focht, Stanislav Torgovitsky, Stacey J. Longanecker
  • Adaptive sorting for particle analyzers
    Patent number: 12270750
    Abstract: A cell sorting system that automatically generates a sorting strategy based on examples of target events provided by an operator. The target events can be selected using measurements ranging from traditional flow cytometry measurements to derived measurements that are computationally expensive to complex measurements such as images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Joseph T. Trotter, Keegan Owsley, Jonathan Lin
  • Drainage system with retention ring
    Patent number: 12263291
    Abstract: In one general aspect, the present disclosure provides a drainage system. The drainage system may include a container having an interior and a mouth, the mouth having an outer surface and an opening. A frangible seal may cover the opening. A cap may be secured to the mouth, and the cap may be in fluid communication with a drainage line. The cap may have an inner surface for engaging with the outer surface of the mouth. The drainage system may further include a retention ring with a collar having an inner surface configured to engage an outer surface of the cap, where the retention ring includes a bead for at least partially concentrating a restriction force provided by the retention ring on an adjacent area of the outer surface of the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: James C. Kantola, Shayna Massi, John A. Krueger, Daniel A. Gorsky, Robert Gerald States, III
  • Medical device to disinfect a skin surface
    Patent number: 12263256
    Abstract: A medical device and method configured to disinfect a skin surface, the device comprising a power source that provides electric power, a light emitting source that uses electric power received from the power source to disinfect the skin surface, and a switch that is configured to be operated by user action, wherein upon activation of the switch, the electric power from the power source is received by the light emitting source to emit visible light and disinfect the skin surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeremy Gartner, Maryann Fam, Peter Girgis
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING INSTRUMENTS THAT MEASURE TEMPERATURE AND MICROBIAL GROWTH IN BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLES
    Publication number: 20250102423
    Abstract: A calibrator bottle and method of calibration. The calibrator bottle includes a plastic material that is doped or compounded with a fluorescent material system that fluoresces in a target range and may be used to calibrate a blood culture instrument that measures sample fluorescence to determine bottle positivity or negativity. Also described herein is a system and method to control the temperature of samples in a blood culture apparatus using a resistance temperature device (RTD) device that measures the temperature of the sample. The sample measurements are correlated with the ambient temperature to determine an ambient temperature that will provide a target bottle content temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
    Inventors: James R. Petisce, Robert Edward Armstrong, Jingyun Zhang, Edward M. Skevington, Alexander W. Clark, Brent Ronald Pohl, David J. Turner
  • Nest for the packaging of plunger stoppers with integrated stacking features ensuring a reliable alignment of a pile of nests
    Patent number: 12257415
    Abstract: A nest for the storage of medical device components, including a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of receptacles for the storage of a plurality of medical device components therein. Each of the plurality of receptacles may include a sidewall portion extending downward from the bottom surface of the nest. Additionally, a plurality of ring-shaped protrusions may be provided to extend upward from the top surface of the nest and surround at least some of the plurality of receptacles. The plurality of ring-shaped protrusions may be sized and configured to receive a bottom portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of receptacles when a plurality of nests are vertically stacked relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Becton Dickinson France
    Inventors: Gildas Esnault, Laurent Jacquier, Ferdinand Lavigne, Clémentine Le Loc'h, Thomas Magguili, Cédric Rivier
  • Universal cap for male and female connectors
    Patent number: 12257414
    Abstract: A cap is described for connection to a medical connector, the cap includes a housing having a top wall and sidewall forming a cavity, and an integrally formed protrusion. The protrusion includes an inner thread on an inner surface, the inner thread being sufficient to interlock with a mating feature of a female needleless connector. The inner surface of the protrusion defines a second cavity. The outer surface of the sidewall of the protrusion is tapered and adapted to engage a male luer connector in a press-fit connection. The second cavity configured to define a chamber to contain an absorbent material and disinfectant or antimicrobial agent. The cap may also include a peel seal to prevent the disinfectant or the antimicrobial agent from exiting the second cavity. An exterior sidewall surface of the housing may include a plurality of grip members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventor: Kevin M. Ryan
  • Ergonomic IV systems and methods
    Patent number: 12257405
    Abstract: An IV catheter system may have a catheter component with a catheter hub, a cannula extending distally from the catheter hub, and a push feature protruding outwardly from the catheter hub. The IV catheter system may also have a needle component with a needle hub, a needle extending distally from the needle hub along an axis, and a grip extending from the needle hub, generally parallel to the axis, with a pull feature. In the insertion configuration, the needle may be positioned within the cannula and the distal end of the needle hub may be seated in a needle port of the catheter hub. In the fluid delivery configuration, the needle may be positioned outside the catheter hub. The push and pull features may be positioned to facilitate manipulation with a single hand to move the IV catheter system from an insertion configuration to a fluid delivery configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Bart D. Peterson, Huibin Liu, Stephen T. Bornhoft, Weston F. Harding, Young Zhang, Ralph L. Sonderegger, Bin Wang
  • Dispensing device
    Patent number: D1069156
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Patrick Truitt, Alyssa Shedlosky
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071155
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Malcolm Stanley Boyd, Zoe Georgina Armstrong
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071159
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd
  • On-body fillable injector
    Patent number: D1071164
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Vincent Delobelle, Eleanor Bainton, James Leslie Rhodri Jones, Daniel Paul Jenkins, Zoe Georgina Armstrong, Malcolm Stanley Boyd