US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on Feb. 18 for "Systems and methods for coupling and decoupling a catheter" (New Jersey Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,327, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Systems and methods for coupling and decoupling a catheter" was invented by Nicholas Accisano III (Howell, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drainage stent delivery system is disclosed. The system can include a catheter body, a stent member, and a coupling member. The coupling member is configured to selectively couple and decouple the catheter body and the stent member. The coupling member can include a first connector, a second connector, and a telescoping connector. A tab of the first connector is configured to be received by a slot of th...