US Patent Issued to Vascular Pathways on July 29 for "Intravenous catheter insertion device and method of use" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,349, issued on July 29, was assigned to Vascular Pathways Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Intravenous catheter insertion device and method of use" was invented by Amir Belson (Los Altos, Calif.), Gregory W. Hall (Los Gatos, Calif.), Scott A. Daniel (Hayward, Calif.) and Robert Brommer (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for accessing a blood vessel using a catheter insertion device. The catheter insertion device includes a housing, a needle, a catheter, a guidewire, and a thumbwheel. The thumbwheel is rotatably fastened at a front end of the housing and accessible through an opening in the housing. The guidewire is coupl...