US Patent Issued to Direct External Carotid Access on July 22 for "Systems and methods for arterial access, diagnosis, and therapy" (Tennessee, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,846, issued on July 22, was assigned to Direct External Carotid Access LLC (Germantown, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for arterial access, diagnosis, and therapy" was invented by Adam S. Arthur (Memphis, Tenn.), David Fiorella (Stony Brook, N.Y.) and Kevin T. Foley (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for accessing one or more artery in a head and neck area of a patient includes an access sheath including a tubular shaft having a distal end and a proximal end and a sheath lumen extending therethrough, the distal end of the shaft configured for placement through a puncture in skin and an adjacent arterial wall of ...