ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,799, issued on March 24, was assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland).
"Catheter assembly" was invented by Michael A. Vogelbaum (Moreland Hills, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter assembly comprises a catheter including a longitudinally extending wall with inner and outer surfaces. The inner surface of the wall defines a bore extending longitudinally through the catheter and at least partially defines a first lumen in the bore and a laterally adjacent second lumen in the bore. At least one of the first and second lumens communicates with an opening in the outer surface of the wall at a distal end of the ca...