ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,575, issued on June 16, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Autovance feature of an intraosseous device" was invented by Daniel Pett (Sandy, Utah), Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah), Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City), Joe Spataro (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) and Ralph Sonderegger (Farmington, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraosseous system and methods for accessing a medullary cavity. The intraosseous system can include an access assembly and an advancement assembly. The access assembly can include an obturator assembly coupled to a needle assembly. The advancement assembly can include a housing...