US Patent Issued to TELEFLEX MEDICAL on March 11 for "Catheter insertion apparatus with continuous visible flashback" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,149, issued on March 11, was assigned to TELEFLEX MEDICAL Inc. (Morrisville, N.C.).

"Catheter insertion apparatus with continuous visible flashback" was invented by Benjamin Horst (Lititz, Pa.), Mark Spinka (Jenkintown, Pa.) and Jeffrey Kuehn (Schuylkill Haven, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a catheter insertion apparatus including a hollow needle body connected to a needle hub, and a catheter that removably fits over the needle body. The needle body has a sharp distal needle tip for piercing a blood vessel wall. An internal flow passage of the needle hub is in fluid communication with the hollo...