US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 14 for "Tissue-cutting dilators and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,152, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Tissue-cutting dilators and methods thereof" was invented by Liam Doctor (Salt Lake City) and Joshua D. Sherwood (Cottonwood Heights, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tissue-cutting dilator can include an elongate dilator body, a dilator tip, a plurality of retractable blades, and a cap. The dilator body can include a plurality of longitudinal guide slots along a distal portion of the dilator body. The dilator tip can be formed in the distal portion of the dilator body or coupled to a distal end of the dilator body. The dilator tip can include a ...