US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Sept. 8 for "Couplers and assemblies thereof for rapidly insertable central catheters" (Pennsylvania, Utah, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,236, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Couplers and assemblies thereof for rapidly insertable central catheters" was invented by Justin Bechstein (Philadelphia), Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah), Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah), Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City), Kyle G. Thornley (Farmington, Utah), Christopher J. Murray (Philadelphia), Joshua Funamura (Oakland, Calif.), Carter Biviano (Philadelphia) and Sharon West (Elkins Park, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are couplers and assemblies thereof for rapidly insertable central catheters ("RICCs"). For example, a c...