US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 14 for "Intraosseous device including a sensing obturator" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,405, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Intraosseous device including a sensing obturator" was invented by Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City) and Daniel Pett (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraosseous access system includes a driver, a needle, and an obturator positioned in the needle to prevent entry of bodily tissues into the lumen. The driver includes control logic configured to modify operation of the driver upon an indication that a change in modality is detected. The obturator includes a sensor such as an electrical impedance sensor. The electrical impedance sensor...