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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2021
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Megan Scherich, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Yiping MA, Layton, UT (US);
He Bai, Sandy, UT (US);
Jonathan Karl Burkholz, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Hua Zhang, South Jordan, UT (US);
Weston F. Harding, Lehi, UT (US);
Curtis H. Blanchard, Riverton, UT (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A catheter assembly may include a catheter adapter, which may include a distal end, a proximal end, and a lumen extending through the distal end of the catheter adapter and the proximal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter assembly may include a catheter extending distally from the distal end of the catheter adapter. The catheter assembly may include an introducer needle extending through the catheter. An anti-thrombogenic material may be extruded through a die and/or molded to form one or more portions of the catheter assembly. Additionally or alternatively, inner surfaces and/or outer surfaces of one or more portions of the catheter assembly may be coated with an anti-thrombogenic coating that includes the anti-thrombogenic material.