ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,297, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Vitara Biomedical Inc. (Philadelphia).
"Cannulator collet latch" was invented by Christopher C. Gregory (Newtown, Pa.) and Jeff Kiersh (Exton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannula system for cannulating a blood vessel comprising a collet comprising at least a first collet wing and a second collet wing and defining a collet lumen, where each of the first collet wing and the second collet wing define a distal end and a proximal end; a cannula positioned within the collet lumen; a latch defined on the distal end of the first collet wing; and a coupler defined on the distal end of the secon...