US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 7 for "Systems and methods including procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,232, issued on April 7, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Systems and methods including procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Procedural barrier-breaching connectors and connection-establishing devices, as well as systems and methods thereof, for establishing portals in procedural barriers are disclosed. For example, a connection-establishing device can include a cap and an extension arm. The cap is configur...