US Patent Issued to Bard Peripheral Vascular on July 29 for "Implant and introducer device for use in a lung access procedure to aid in preventing pneumothorax" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,896, issued on July 29, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Implant and introducer device for use in a lung access procedure to aid in preventing pneumothorax" was invented by Jordan Addison (Gilbert, Ariz.), Heather Storm (Phoenix) and Koltin Glaspie (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for use in a lung access procedure to aid in preventing pneumothorax includes a tubular body that has a lumen, a proximal end, and a distal end portion that terminates at a distal end. The tubular body has a longitudinal axis and has a side wall that radially surrounds the lumen. The side wall ...