US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on May 19 for "Low-profile single and dual vascular access device" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,506, issued on May 19, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Low-profile single and dual vascular access device" was invented by Brenda L. F. Fedor (Holladay, Utah), Jason R. Stats (Layton, Utah) and Ian N. Thomas (West Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-profile access port for subcutaneous implantation within a patient is disclosed. The access port includes a receiving cup that provides a relatively large subcutaneous target to enable catheter-bearing needle access to the port without difficulty. In one embodiment, a low-profile access port comprises a body including a conduit with an inlet port a...