US Patent Issued to Conmed on April 15 for "Removable, adjustable-length, snap-in portal saver, decoupled from dermal fixation" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,470, issued on April 15, was assigned to Conmed Corp. (Largo, Fla.).

"Removable, adjustable-length, snap-in portal saver, decoupled from dermal fixation" was invented by Benjamin Willard (Clearwater, Fla.) and Eric Subkjaer (Gulfport, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portal saver assembly with a dermal fixation device that is removably attached to a length-adjustable portal saver. The portal saver assembly includes a tubular body having a rigid proximal end with threads and a proximal adjustment body having an outer ridge and an inner bore with threads. The threads on the rigid proximal end of the tubular body are configured to m...