US Patent Issued to Aadi Innovations on Dec. 9 for "Vascular access catheter with protectable inline needle and associated method of use thereof" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,305, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Aadi Innovations LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Vascular access catheter with protectable inline needle and associated method of use thereof" was invented by Aaditya Shidham (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments described herein are directed to a vascular access catheter device with an inline needle, the device having a needle portion that is linearly displaceable relative to a catheter portion, and vice versa, and to methods of performing blood transfer procedures using said device. Retraction of the needle portion relative to the catheter portion allows the catheter of th...