US Patent Issued to Teleflex Life Sciences II on July 15 for "Intraosseous access device and locator assembly" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,324, issued on July 15, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences II LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Intraosseous access device and locator assembly" was invented by Morgan Tierney (Ferbane, Ireland), Aleksejus Fominas (Athlone, Ireland), Wade Kevin Trexler (Coopersburg, Pa.), Kurt Donald Heinly (Wernersville, Pa.), David Troy Rowe (Fleetwood, Pa.) and Stephan M. Huhn (Manheim, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraosseous access device for accessing an intraosseous space of a patient includes a manual driver and a sternal locator. The handle is connected to an inner penetrator hub, and an inner penetrator extends from the inner penetrato...