US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Oct. 27 for "Methods and systems for facilitating laminar flow between conduits" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,329, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Methods and systems for facilitating laminar flow between conduits" was invented by Craig Nordhausen (Salt Lake City) and John William Hall (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices including vascular access kits and related system and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, a vascular access system may include a first conduit, a second conduit, and an expandable stent that is coupled to both the first and second conduits such that there is a continuous lumen between the first conduit and the second conduit. Methods of ...