US Patent Issued to The Regents of The University of Michigan on July 29 for "Integrated vascular delivery system" (Michigan, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,348, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Integrated vascular delivery system" was invented by Steven B. White (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Adrienne Harris (Clinton, Mich.), Merrell Sami (Arlington, Va.) and Elyse Kemmerer White (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated vascular delivery system having a frame configured to receive a catheter insertable in a patient to deliver fluid at an insertion site. The frame includes a first hub, a second hub, and a pair of flexible lateral members extending between the hubs and including a tubular lateral member. The syste...