ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,631, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Trio Medical Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Intraosseous access device" was invented by Billie Coppedge (Branson, Mo.), Andrew Dickson (Knoxville, Tenn.), Lawrence Kluge (Long Grove, Ill.), Evgeniya Moiseeva (Louisville, Ky.), Isabella Lindquist (Louisville, Ky.), William Brent White (Charlestown, Ind.) and Vas Abramov (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an intraosseous access device comprising a barrel, a motor, a slide carrier, a rotating stylet assembly, and a handle. The rotating stylet assembly is actuated through the barrel with the slide carrier and rotated ...