ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,241, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Contech Medical Inc. (Providence, R.I.).

"Systems and methods for securing medical devices" was invented by Jesse Thomas McVaney (Wakefield, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a substrate having a plurality of apertures, and a clip. The clip is removably coupled to one of the plurality of apertures. The clip has a body, a plurality of fingers, a first leg, a second leg, a first notch, and a second notch. The fingers extend from the body to collectively form at least two tube-engaging regions. The first leg is adjacent to a first end of the body and extends from the body oppo...