US Patent Issued to Covena on Sept. 23 for "Peripherally inserted central-line catheter (PICC) line support apparatus" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,064, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Covena LLC (Waxhaw, N.C.).

"Peripherally inserted central-line catheter (PICC) line support apparatus" was invented by Eric Scott Queen (Waxhaw, N.C.), Deborah Fryer Queen (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Lillian Grace Queen (Waxhaw, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PICC line support apparatus can include a flexible conforming material forming a cylinder with a first opening and a second opening at opposite ends of the cylinder. A PICC line opening in the cylinder can be located between the opposite ends of the cylinder and a skirt can include the flexible conforming material, where the skirt can incl...