US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 7 for "Magnetic signature imprinting system" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,258, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Magnetic signature imprinting system" was invented by William Robert Mclaughlin (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic signature imprinting system includes an imprinting device and a medical device including ferrous elements. The imprinting device can include an active area having a magnet moving system, one or more sensors, and a console. The magnet moving system can be configured to change the location or orientation of one or more magnets to generate one or...