US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY on March 18 for "Medical anchor device" (Irish, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,526, issued on March 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF GALWAY (Galway, Ireland).

"Medical anchor device" was invented by Richard Modley (Plymouth, Great Britain), Tim Jones (Galway, Ireland) and Michelle Tierney (County Clare, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical anchor device (1) for securing a medical article to a subject comprising an upper medical article attachment portion (2) and a lower insertion portion (3) for securing the medical anchor device (1) to the subject wherein the insertion portion (3) comprises a spiral anchor (5) so that the medical anchor device (1) is securable to and detachable from the subject b...