US Patent Issued to Medical Components on Sept. 15 for "Venous access port with molded and/or radiopaque indicia" (Pennsylvania, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,347, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Medical Components Inc. (Harleysville, Pa.).

"Venous access port with molded and/or radiopaque indicia" was invented by Timothy M. Schweikert (West Chester, Pa.), Raymond R. Bizup (Feasterville, Pa.), Kevin E. Sanford (Chalfont, Pa.) and Kenneth M. Zinn (Westport, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venous access port assembly having a base, a peripheral surface, and a septum. The base defines an interior reservoir. The peripheral surface includes integrally molded X-ray discernable indicia identifying that the assembly is rated for power injection. The X-ray discernable indicia may extend...