ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,840, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Tangent Medical Technologies Inc. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Integrated vascular delivery system" was invented by Steven B. White (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Adrienne Rose Harris (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Elyse White (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Nathan Farrell (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ronald Dean Duis (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Henry J. H. Brown (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated vascular delivery system and method of use, the system including: a frame having a catheter hub that provides a first anchoring point on the patient and receives a catheter insertable in the patient to transfer fluid at an i...