US Patent Issued to DEKA Products on Nov. 25 for "Apparatus and method for detecting disconnection of an intravascular access device" (New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,721, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Apparatus and method for detecting disconnection of an intravascular access device" was invented by Michael J. Wilt (Windham, N.H.) and Jason M. Sachs (Goffstown, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are disclosed for detecting the disconnection of a vascular access device such as a needle, cannula or catheter from a blood vessel or vascular graft segment. A pair of electrodes is placed in direct contact with fluid or blood in fluid communication with the vascular segment. In one embodiment, the electrodes are incorporated into a pair...