ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,412, issued on March 3, was assigned to Critical Innovations LLC (Lawndale, Calif.).

"Percutaneous access pathway system" was invented by Ross I. Donaldson (Lawndale, Calif.), Oliver Buchanan (Lawndale, Calif.), Muhammed Hamdan (Lawndale, Calif.), Tim Fisher (Lawndale, Calif.), John Cambridge (Lawndale, Calif.) and Jonathan Armstrong (Lawndale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method and device are provided for forming and/or maintaining a percutaneous access pathway. The device generally comprises an access pathway. The provided assembly substantially reduces the possibility of injury while accessing and/or re-acces...