ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,145, issued on June 23.
"Integrated needle-catheter systems and methods of use" was invented by Christopher Zarembinski (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, disclosed herein are systems and methods of treating a patient that can include the steps of accessing the sphenopalatine fossa, and cannulating the inferior orbital fissure from the sphenopalatine fossa to access the retro-orbital space. The sphenopalatine fossa can be accessed via various routes, including percutaneously. Accessing the sphenopalatine fossa can include the step of inserting a needle-catheter system into the sphenopalatine fossa. Integ...