ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,165, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter assembly including transitioning lumens" was invented by Gidon Ofek (Millcreek, Utah), Blake Allen (South Jordan, Utah) and Todd P. McFarland (Larue, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A venous catheter assembly includes a hub with opposing suture wings, an extension leg coupled to the hub, and an elongate catheter tube designed for insertion into a blood vessel of a patient. The elongate catheter tube is coupled to the hub and includes at least one fluid-carrying lumen within the outer wall extending between a proximal end and a distal end of...