US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 21 for "Fiber optic medical systems and devices with electrical tip" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,116, issued on April 21, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Fiber optic medical systems and devices with electrical tip" was invented by Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where the elongate probe includes an electrically conductive (EC) medium extending along probe. The EC medium may take several forms, including a conductive cannula, an ionic solution, a flex circuit, wires, ...