US Patent Issued to Velano Vascular on May 20 for "Support devices for bodily fluid transfer systems and methods of using the same" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,658, issued on May 20, was assigned to Velano Vascular Inc. (San Francisco).

"Support devices for bodily fluid transfer systems and methods of using the same" was invented by Brian Funk (San Francisco) and Pitamber Devgon (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An access device including a lumen-defining device defining a lumen extending between a proximal end and a distal end, a support member disposed within the lumen of the lumen-defining device, and a hub configured to be coupled to the lumen-defining device and the support member. The support member and the lumen-defining device are flexible. When the lumen-defining device ...