US Patent Issued to Access Flow Systems on March 25 for "Vascular access devices and methods" (Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,403, issued on March 25, was assigned to Access Flow Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Vascular access devices and methods" was invented by L. Van Thomas Crisco (Jacksonville, Fla.), Ashley B. Hancock (Atlanta), Charles Bruce Moomey (Suwanee, Ga.), Brian Patrick Walsh (Charlotte, N.C.), Paul John Grata (Miramar, Fla.) and Donald A. Richardson (Fort Mill, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vascular access devices and methods of their use are provided. In one embodiment, a vascular access device includes a catheter and at least one deployable wire. The catheter includes a primary lumen extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the cathe...