US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Aug. 11 for "Reusable push-activated intraosseous access device" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,441, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Reusable push-activated intraosseous access device" was invented by Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City) and Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Push activated intraosseous (IO) access devices include power sources such as battery packs or spring driven devices. Intraosseous access devices often require training to ensure correct placement of the access device. The disclosed devices include an intuitive operation with a unidirectional activation and drive force application. The trigger can be both activated and deactivat...