US Patent Issued to ECMOtek on March 25 for "Devices for endovascular access through extracorporeal life support circuits" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. RE50,347, issued on March 25, was assigned to ECMOtek LLC (Venetia, Pa.).

"Devices for endovascular access through extracorporeal life support circuits" was invented by David Kaczorowski (Venetia, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adaptors, cannulas, caps, tube couplers, and systems thereof provide endovascular access through an established ECLS system. Adaptors having curved or angled shafts navigate right angle side ports of standard bypass cannulas and permit hemostatic introduction and direction of an intervention device to the axial flow path of the cannula lumen and bypass system. A modified cannula having an angled side port is als...