ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,484, issued on July 1, was assigned to LivaNova USA Inc. (Houston).
"Cannula fixation device" was invented by Hubert S. Smith III (Denver), Bryan C. Journey (Superior, Colo.) and Francesco Benatti (Concordia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannula fixation device includes a base having a platform; a subject-interface portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface coupled to the base and the lower surface configured to be coupled to a subject; and a clip assembly configured to retain a portion of a cannula. The clip assembly is moveably coupled to the base such that the clip assembly can be selectively p...