ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,007, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Intraosseous access device" was invented by Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraosseous access device can include a device body, a trocar needle coupled to the device body, and an intraosseous catheter removably disposed on the trocar needle. The device body can be configured to enable manual insertion of a distal tip of the trocar needle through a skin surface of a patient to an external surface of a bone of the patient. The intraosseous catheter can include a catheter hub and a cannula slidable with respect to the ...