US Patent Issued to Light Line Medical on Jan. 27 for "Disposable introducer for advancing an elongate member into a tubular structure" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,014, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Light Line Medical Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Disposable introducer for advancing an elongate member into a tubular structure" was invented by Curtis D. Long (Salt Lake City), Robert W Hitchcock (Salt Lake City) and John Lackey (West Valley City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An introducer assembly introduces an elongate member into a tubular structure and may be configured into ready, introduced, and detached modes. The introducer assembly has a guide tube, a slide collar, and proximal and distal connector assemblies. The guide tube has a proximal body, and a distal portion, the distal port...