ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,746, issued on April 14.
"Cuffed and non-cuffed dialysis catheter systems and methods" was invented by Franz E. Velarde (Harlingen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a catheter system including a plurality of fenestrations along the shaft of the catheter, wherein the fenestrations allow for continuous or intermittent infusion of antiseptics and/or antibiotics to avoid and treat bacterial colonization or infection of the subcutaneous tract and to minimize subcutaneous tunnel colonization and fibrin sheath in symptomatic or asymptomatic patients. The present catheter system can also include a removab...