US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing vein location" (Hawaii Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,485, issued on July 21.

"Systems, devices, and/or methods for managing vein location" was invented by Sheila Kaitlyn Oliver (Mountain View, Hawaii) and Jack Russell Brauher (Mountain View, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain exemplary embodiments provide a device comprising a band comprising a magnetic material. The magnetic material can comprise Neodymium (Nd-Fe-B) and/or Samarium Cobalt (SmCo). Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising utilizing a magnetic band to restrain motion of a vein in a human, wherein a blood sample is taken from the vein or a medication is injected into the vein."

The patent was ...