US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus and method for tipping rapidly insertable central catheters (RICC)" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,520, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Apparatus and method for tipping rapidly insertable central catheters (RICC)" was invented by Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Rapidly Insertable Central Catheter ("RICC") includes an access section formed of a first material, a catheter body section formed of a second material, and a dilator section disposed therebetween. The first material has a first durometer and the second material has a second, lesser durometer. The dilator section is formed of the first material, the second material, or a third material having a th...