Catheter Connections Announces Issuance of a Sixth Patent Covering its IV Disinfection Technology

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Catheter Connections, a start-up company co-founded by nurses seeking to reduce deadly hospital-acquired bloodstream infections, announced today the issuance of U.S. Patent Number 8,343,112. This is the sixth patent issued to the Company in a portfolio that broadly covers its DualCap® technology for disinfecting IV connectors - technology which helps protect hospital patients from deadly infections.