US Patent Issued to Hyperion Surgical, University of Miami on June 23 for "Robotic systems, devices, and methods for vascular access" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,194, issued on June 23, was assigned to Hyperion Surgical Inc. (Dania Beach, Fla.) and University of Miami (Miami).

"Robotic systems, devices, and methods for vascular access" was invented by Eric Peterson (Miami Beach, Fla.), Jonathan Azevedo (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) and Roman Devengenzo (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for vascular access is described herein. The apparatus can comprise a cart movable from a first location to a second location near a patient, a manipulating device configured to releasably couple a cartridge including a needle, a catheter, and a guidewire that are coaxially disposed with r...