ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,796, issued on July 15, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Catheter insertion device" was invented by Heqing Huang (Shanghai), Jianjiang Chen (Shanghai) and Weng Khuen Adrian Chan (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for inserting a catheter into a body of a patient is provided. The tool comprises: a housing in which at least a portion of the catheter is initially disposed; a needle distally extending from the housing, at least a portion of the catheter disposed over the needle; a guidewire initially disposed within the needle partially; and an advancement assembly for distally advancing the catheter....