Patents Assigned to V-Align, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20170105665
    Abstract: A needle guide assembly for vein access including (a) a guide having a convex portion, a concave portion, an aperture and a stabilization means for stabilizing a vein against moving away and escape puncture, where the concave portion and the convex portion meet each other to define the aperture between the concave portion and the convex portion, each of the convex portion and the concave portion extending away from the aperture in opposite directions from each other in a tapering manner and terminating the tapering at respective locations away from the peripheral edge, the convex portion being made of a transparent or translucent material, the stabilization means being a pair of elongated indentations that extend substantially parallel to each other and between which are the convex portion, the concave portion and the aperture, and (b) a retaining means for retaining the guide to skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: V-ALIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Sundaram Ravikumar, Vikram Ravikumar, Guy Osborne, Harry Allan Alward
  • Publication number: 20150367085
    Abstract: A needle guide assembly for vein access including (a) a guide having a peripheral edge, a convex portion, a concave portion and an aperture, where the concave portion and the convex portion meet each other to define the aperture between the concave portion and the convex portion, each of the convex portion and the concave portion extending away from the aperture in opposite directions from each other in a tapering manner and terminating the tapering at respective locations away from the peripheral edge, the convex portion being made of a transparent or translucent material, and (b) a retaining means for retaining the guide to skin. A venipuncture method includes retaining the needle guide assembly onto the skin of a patient and using the needle guide assembly to guide a needle to puncture the skin and access a vein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: V-Align, Inc.
    Inventors: Sundaram Ravikumar, Guy Osborne, Harry Allan Alward, Vikram Ravikumar