US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Aug. 25 for "Central catheters, assemblies, and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,832, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Central catheters, assemblies, and methods thereof" was invented by Austin J. Mckinnon (Herriman, Utah) and Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Central catheters, central catheter assemblies, and methods thereof. A central catheter includes a catheter tube coupled with a number of extension legs, a needle hub coupled with the catheter tube, where the needle hub is configured to receive a needle therethrough so that the needle is disposed within a primary catheter tube lumen. The central catheter includes a manifold hub for cou...