US Patent Issued to InnoVital on July 7 for "Access device" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,184, issued on July 7, was assigned to InnoVital LLC (Calverton, Md.).

"Access device" was invented by Amit Navin Shah (North Potomac, Md.), Curt Steven Kothera (Rockville, Md.), Pablo Javier Sztein (Silver Spring, Md.) and Gregory John Hiemenz (Silver Spring, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a simple-to-use access device with a safety feature. A catheter advancer (30) is slidably and rotatably integrated with a base (10) to guide advancement of a catheter (50) linearly along the insertion path of a needle (60) and catheter (50). The catheter advancer (30) engages the base (10), catheter (50) and needle (60)...