ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,238, issued on Sept. 30.
"Innovative device for vascular access in a dialysis treatment" was invented by Mauro Fausto Angelo Forcella (Foggia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (100) for performing vascular access of the arteriovenous fistula type in a dialysis treatment comprising a first vertical branch (1), arterial, and a second vertical branch (2), venous, both branches being hollow and arranged parallel to each other while their lumens communicate via a horizontal branch (7). The device (100) comprises at least two blood flow interception means (10, 11) in which the first interception means (10) is arranged on the ...