ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,526, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Embrace Medical Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Vascular access catheter" was invented by Michael Gabriel Tal (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vascular access catheter comprising elongated tubular catheter body enclosing a lumen. Catheter body includes catheter tip ending with a catheter distal end and comprising a distal edge at the catheter distal end surrounding an opening opened to the lumen. The distal edge includes a front edge portion spanning a top portion of the opening and an inclined edge portion spanning a bottom portion of the opening and inclining proximally away from th...