US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Aug. 4 for "Reinforced catheter tip via roller extrusion" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,464, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Reinforced catheter tip via roller extrusion" was invented by Juan Sepulveda (Centerville, Utah) and Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "With smaller gauge catheters, forming distal tip structures, termed "tipping," can be increasingly challenging. The thin wall-thicknesses of these small gauge catheters provide a reduced cross-sectional surface area with which to couple the distal tip structure to. This increases the risk of failure of the device either during manufacture or during use. To address the foregoing, embodiments inc...