US Patent Issued to NP Medical on March 24 for "Low profile catheter system" (New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,805, issued on March 24, was assigned to NP Medical Inc. (Clinton, Mass.).

"Low profile catheter system" was invented by Todd Chelak (Pelham, N.H.), Ian Kimball (Lunenburg, Mass.), Luis Maseda (Centerport, N.Y.) and Jonathan Gabel (Randolph, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low profile catheter system includes a catheter hub with proximal, distal, and intermediate portions, a stabilization surface located on an underside, and a receptacle located within a top surface. A substantially linear flow path extends from an opening at the distal portion to an inlet located within the intermediate portion and allows fluid to flow betwee...