ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,785, issued on April 22, was assigned to TACC INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Vascular access line and implantation devices and methods" was invented by Michael Gabriel Tal (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a surgical tunneler, kits comprising the surgical tunneler, and methods of use thereof, for implanting access lines. The surgical tunneler includes a rigid elongated body, a rounded or pointed distal tip configured to dissect between tissue layers and/or to form a surgical tunnel when pushed subcutaneously in the body, and a guidewire capturing portion provided proximally to the distal tip. The guidewire capt...