US Patent Issued to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES on May 27 for "Multi-lumen cannulae" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,095, issued on May 27, was assigned to EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Multi-lumen cannulae" was invented by William T. Biller (Tustin, Calif.) and Manouchehr A. Miraki (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure concerns embodiments of multi-lumen cannulae that can be used in various different medical procedures. The multi-lumen cannulae can comprise an elongated body comprising multiple different ports that connect to various different sidewall lumens contained within the elongated body. The multi-lumen cannulae can also comprise a central lumen that extends through the entire elongated...