ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,411, issued on April 7, was assigned to Best Medical International Inc. (Springfield, Va.).
"Apparatus and method for joining metal sleeve onto a tube" was invented by Manny R. Subramanian (Frederick, Md.), Rashmi M Amin (Springfield, Va.) and Stephen Bettencourt (Warren, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process, apparatus and a catheter and a flexi needle for medical applications formed by the process of selecting a tubular flexible member and a metal/ceramic cap member to be securely joined to the tubular member, placing the cap member in engaging relation with a holding member of a material joining device, securing the tubula...