US Patent Issued to PFM Medical on Nov. 18 for "Implantable access device for accessing the vascular system of a human or animal body, particularly subcutaneously implantable access port" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,339, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PFM Medical GmbH (Germany).

"Implantable access device for accessing the vascular system of a human or animal body, particularly subcutaneously implantable access port" was invented by Stanislas Marie Achard De La Vente (Canton de Neuchatel, Switzerland) and Cyril Bergeon (Villers le lac, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subcutaneously implantable access device for accessing a vascular system of a human or animal body. The implantable access device includes a port body, a needle entrance with at least one inlet opening for receiving a needle and an outlet opening, and an at least partial...