ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,288, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Midline catheter placement device" was invented by Shawn Isaacson (Layton, Utah), Weston Harding (Lehi, Utah), Daniel Stipe (Raleigh, N.C.), Marc Weimer (South Jordan, Utah) and Charles Shermer (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter insertion device (10) is provided for positioning and inserting a catheter (14), particularly a midline catheter into a patient. The insertion device (10) includes an introducer needle (18) that extends from the distal end of the catheter during insertion. A manually operated actuator assembly (20...