Soft Push Tabs for Catheter Adapter

ChangeBridge: EPO Bulletin - Medical Devices (A61M)

Published March 25th, 2026

Detected April 2nd, 2026

Summary

The European Patent Office published patent application EP4233968A2 for Becton, Dickinson and Company's catheter adapter with soft push tabs. The patent application names five inventors including Michael Garrison and Bart Peterson, covering catheter technology in IPC classifications A61M 25/00, A61M 25/06, and A61M 25/02. The application designates all EU member states plus other EPC contracting states.

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What changed

EPO published European patent application EP4233968A2 for a catheter adapter featuring soft push tabs, filed by medical device manufacturer Becton, Dickinson and Company. The patent application names five inventors and covers IPC classifications related to catheters and medical tube fixing devices. The publication is an A2 type patent application (search report published).

Patent publications do not create compliance obligations for regulated entities. Healthcare organizations and medical device manufacturers should review the publication to assess potential implications for existing IP portfolios or product development strategies. Legal teams may want to conduct freedom-to-operate analyses if developing similar catheter technologies.

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SOFT PUSH TABS FOR CATHETER ADAPTER

Publication EP4233968A2 Kind: A2 Mar 25, 2026

Applicants

Becton, Dickinson and Company

Inventors

GARRISON, Michael, PETERSON, Bart D., SONDEREGGER, Ralph L., BURKHOLZ, Jonathan Karl, MITCHELL, Nathan

IPC Classifications

A61M 25/00 20060101AFI20231130BHEP A61M 25/06 20060101ALI20231130BHEP A61M 25/02 20060101ALN20231130BHEP

Designated States

AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR

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