ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,337, issued on Dec. 9.
"Vascular access devices for catheter insertion" was invented by Thomas Mowery (El Macero, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and technologies for vascular access devices are disclosed. A representative vascular access device includes an introducer having a shaft that includes a tip, a first aperture disposed proximate to the tip, a second aperture spaced apart from the tip, and an optical fiber disposed within the shaft that conveys light for emission from the first and second apertures. A catheter is disposed about the introducer and has a catheter distal end positioned between the first and seco...