US Patent Issued to Vascular Pathways on March 31 for "Intravenous catheter insertion and blood sample devices and method of use" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,225, issued on March 31, was assigned to Vascular Pathways Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Intravenous catheter insertion and blood sample devices and method of use" was invented by Amir Belson (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertion device includes a handle, a needle, a guide wire, and a catheter. The handle may have a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region may include a slot between a top extension and a bottom extension, which extends through a distal end. The needle may have a proximal end positioned in the proximal region and a distal end extending from the distal region. The guide wire ma...