US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Venous drainage catheter for normothermic regional perfusion" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,502, issued on May 19.

"Venous drainage catheter for normothermic regional perfusion" was invented by Kok Hoo Lim (Beavercreek, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venous drainage catheter is an apparatus for normothermic regional perfusion (NRP) to prevent blood flow to the lower limbs when assessing organ function for patients. The apparatus includes a main cannula, an inflation cannula, and an occluding balloon. The main cannula draws blood from the inferior vena cava (IVC). The blood then flows into a reservoir of a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (CPB) machine. Once inserted within the IVC and inflated, the occluding balloon pre...