ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,546, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to INTERRAD Medical Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).
"System for anchoring medical devices" was invented by Michael S. Rosenberg (Eagan, Minn.), Mark R. Christianson (Plymouth, Minn.), Andrew T. Forsberg (Plymouth, Minn.), Andrew R. Beeson (Plymouth, Minn.), Ryan J. Bormann (Maple Grove, Minn.) and Michael W. Augustine (St. Michael, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor device that receives a catheter (or other medical instrument) and secures the catheter in place relative to a skin penetration point. In some embodiments, the anchor device...