ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,272, issued on July 28, was assigned to VOYAGER BIOMEDICAL INC. (Houston).

"Vascular access device with vessel accomodation" was invented by Alan Glowczwski (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular access device with vessel accommodation includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion includes a top vascular housing for encasing a top portion of a vessel when implanted and at least one hollow male member extending from the top vascular housing. The bottom portion includes a bottom vascular housing for encasing a bottom portion of the vessel when implanted and at least one female member disposed a...