US Patent Issued to Sterilmed on Feb. 4 for "Apparatus and method to inspect microlumen of catheter" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,846, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Sterilmed Inc. (Plymouth, Minn.).

"Apparatus and method to inspect microlumen of catheter" was invented by Jason Hill (Brooklyn Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lumen inspection device includes an elongate member and a sealing member at a distal end of the elongate member. The elongate member is inserted into a lumen of a medical instrument. The lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen. The sealing member resiliently bears against a sidewall of the lumen as the lumen inspection device is translated along the lumen of the medical instrument. A pressure source is activated ...