US Patent Issued to InnAVasc Medical on Sept. 16 for "Apparatus and method for implanting an arteriovenous graft" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,871, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to InnAVasc Medical Inc. (Durham, N.C.).

"Apparatus and method for implanting an arteriovenous graft" was invented by Shawn M. Gage (Raleigh, N.C.), Joseph Knight (Durham, N.C.), Michael Lawson (Durham, N.C.) and Craig Nichols (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for subcutaneous implantation in a patient using a tunneling instrument. The implantation apparatus comprises a vascular graft and a connector adapted to couple a distal end of the tunneling instrument and a proximal end of the graft. The connector comprises a tip, a first end of the tip configured to be...