ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,103, issued on July 14.
"Vascular access devices for monitoring patient health" was invented by James D. Mitchell (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Andrew A. Thoreson (Orono, Minn.), Theodore C. Johnson (Lake Forest Park, Wash.) and Jayme Ormiston Coates (New Hartford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable vascular access device includes a fluid reservoir, a self-sealing cover disposed over the reservoir, and an outlet port configured to mate with a catheter, the outlet port fluidically coupled to the fluid reservoir. One or more sensors coupled to the device are configured to capture physiological data while the device is implan...