US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on June 17 for "Intravenous catheter lock" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,919, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Intravenous catheter lock" was invented by Michael Albus (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Kara J. Bragg (Saint Johns, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter lock system includes a clamshell housing comprising a body and a cover; one or more interlocking tabs of the body having a hook feature; compatible interlocking tabs of the cover configured to releasably engage with the interlocking tabs of the body; a key with one or more protrusions arranged at two different angles;one or more lock disc cams including a cam feature; w...