US Patent Issued to MCAS DESIGN on July 14 for "Vein visualisation aid device" (Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,571, issued on July 14, was assigned to MCAS DESIGN Ltd. (Ballincollig, Ireland).

"Vein visualisation aid device" was invented by Marie Casey (Ballincollig, Ireland), Juan F. Martinez (Cork, Ireland), Andrew De Juan (Cork, Ireland), Robert Buggy (Cork, Ireland) and Manuel Caballero (Cork, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visualisation aid device has a flexible PCB with a ring of surface mount LEDs around a circular opening. The LEDs emit at a wavelength to provide vein visualisation through a skin area exposed by the opening in use. A transparent membrane extends across the needle-access opening, and it has an adhesive on its...