US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 14 for "Catheter tips for rapidly insertable central catheters and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,748, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Catheter tips for rapidly insertable central catheters and methods thereof" was invented by Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah) and Juan Sepulveda (Centerville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapidly inserted central catheter can include a catheter tube, a catheter hub, and one or more extension legs. The catheter tube can include a single-piece catheter tip coupled to a distal end portion of the catheter tube having a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section of the catheter tip can have a uniform taper over an outer...