US Patent Issued to Bard Peripheral Vascular on March 18 for "Vascular device insertion system and apparatus" (Arizona Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,262, issued on March 18, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Vascular device insertion system and apparatus" was invented by Aseem Singh (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vascular device insertion system includes a support catheter having a hub, a flexible elongate member that extends distally from the hub, and a catheter lumen that extends through the hub and the flexible elongate member. An insertion module housing is configured to contain a motor having a hollow motor shaft. The hollow motor shaft has a proximal end, a distal end, a distal end portion, and an elongate opening that e...