US Patent Issued to Accuvein on Sept. 9 for "Vein imaging device with differential image resolution at the center and the extremities of the vein image" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,865, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Accuvein Inc. (Medford, N.Y.).

"Vein imaging device with differential image resolution at the center and the extremities of the vein image" was invented by Fred Wood (Medford, N.Y.), Ron Goldman (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), Stephen P. Conlon (Glen Mills, Pa.) and Vincent Luciano (Shoreham, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is known in the art to use an apparatus to enhance the visual appearance of the veins and arteries in a patient to facilitate insertion of needles into those veins and arteries. This application discloses a number of inventions that add additional data collection and pre...