US 11,944,774 B2
Vascular access channel and methods
Alan Glowczwski, College Station, TX (US); Robert Smith, Missouri City, TX (US); Peter Smith, Houston, TX (US); and Nathan Borgfeld, Austin, TX (US)
Assigned to VOYAGER BIOMEDICAL, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Voyager Biomedical, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,058.
Application 17/164,058 is a continuation of application No. 15/525,320, granted, now 10,905,867, previously published as PCT/US2016/031110, filed on May 6, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/157,589, filed on May 6, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0228855 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 39/02 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61M 1/14 (2006.01); A61M 39/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 39/0208 (2013.01) [A61L 31/04 (2013.01); A61L 31/046 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); A61M 1/14 (2013.01); A61M 39/02 (2013.01); A61M 39/06 (2013.01); A61M 2039/0205 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vascular access device comprising:
a top portion; and
a bottom portion,
wherein:
the top portion and the bottom portion are not monolithic with each other;
the top and bottom portions are configured to couple to one another around an entire 360° perimeter of a portion of a vessel when implanted to form a central chamber that houses the entire 360° perimeter of the portion of the vessel between a first surface of the top portion and a second surface of the bottom portion;
the top portion includes an opening that allows a needle to pass through;
the central chamber includes a central longitudinal axis and the opening includes a central vertical axis that is orthogonal to the central longitudinal axis; and
the second surface of the bottom portion is a hardened, non-compliant surface that extends through the central vertical axis when the top and bottom portion are coupled to one another.