US Patent Issued to Matchstick on Feb. 4 for "Systems, methods, and apparatus for access to implanted access port" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,153, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Matchstick LLC (Boonton, N.J.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for access to implanted access port" was invented by Christopher James Franzese (Randolph, N.J.), Martin Michael Coyne III (Towaco, N.J.), Alejandra Linares Martinez (Saddle Brook, N.J.) and Matthew Conner D'Auria (Bernardsville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for use with an access port implanted in a living body includes an adhesive flange and a base coupler on the adhesive flange, the base coupler including an opening and an attachment configuration to attach and detach with a plurality of components including a...