US Patent Issued to Access Vascular on Jan. 27 for "Packaging for hydrated articles and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,485, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Access Vascular Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Packaging for hydrated articles and related methods" was invented by Mark Thomas Doherty (Lynnfield, Mass.), Daniel T. Donahue (Cambridge, Mass.), Brian M. Hanley (Reading, Mass.), Matthew M. Mannarino (Burlington, Mass.) and Michael J. McGrath (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Packaging for hydrated articles are generally provided. In some embodiments, packaged articles are provided. For example, in some embodiments, a container contains an article such as a catheter and/or polymeric material. The disclosed packaged articles may be useful ...