US Patent Issued to Vascular Access Technologies on Aug. 11 for "Methods and devices for percutaneous implantation of arterio-venous grafts" (West Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,742, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Vascular Access Technologies Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Methods and devices for percutaneous implantation of arterio-venous grafts" was invented by Lakshmikumar Pillai (Morgantown, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, devices, and kits for implanting a vascular graft to perform hemodialysis treatments on patients with renal failure are disclosed. The kits can include access devices comprised of an access catheter having a guidewire lumen and stylet lumen, a guide tube having a curved distal end, a stylet, an actuator handle and a vascular graft. The methods describe techniques for usi...