US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 7 for "Shape-sensing systems with vibration-assisted torsion management and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,217, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Shape-sensing systems with vibration-assisted torsion management and methods thereof" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape-sensing system can include an optical-fiber probe and a vibration-assisted torsion-management means for managing torsion in the optical-fiber probe. The optical-fiber probe can be configured to be removably disposed in an elongate medical device. The optical-fiber probe can include an inner construction and an outer construction over th...