ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,433, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ramot Biomedical Engineering Ltd. (Hashlosha Street, Israel).
"Catheter fixation device" was invented by Yair Ramot (Maas, Israel) and Ronny Barak (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter fixation device (10) includes a body (12), a catheter (16) having a proximal portion (18) and a distal portion that passes through an opening (14) in the body (12), and an anti-pull-out lock mechanism comprising an arcuate channel (24) bounded by a pair of arcuate walls (25, 26) extending from a floor of the body (12). A coiled portion (22) of the catheter (16) is constrained to move between...