ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,315, issued on April 1, was assigned to Velano Vascular Inc. (San Francisco).
"Stabilization devices for vascular access and methods of using the same" was invented by Brian J. Funk (San Francisco) and Pitamber Devgon (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilization device configured to stabilize an access device when a distal end portion of the access device is inserted through a target location of a patient. The stabilization device includes a coupling surface, a proximal surface, and a base surface. The coupling surface is configured to be placed in contact with an adapter coupled to a proximal end portion of the acces...