US Patent Issued to Avanos Medical Sales on July 7 for "Intra-articular needle placement device and method of using" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,069, issued on July 7, was assigned to Avanos Medical Sales LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Intra-articular needle placement device and method of using" was invented by Gregory J. Kornhaber (Flemington, N.J.) and David Toledo-Velasquez (Doylestown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for measuring, recording, and acting in response to changes in air pressures encountered through the lumen of a connected needle. The device signals when it has been powered and signals when the device recognizes both pressures and pressure change rates indicative of synovial cavity joint penetration, such as knee joint pe...