US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on June 30 for "Splitable tissue-cutting devices, assemblies, and methods" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,384, issued on June 30, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Splitable tissue-cutting devices, assemblies, and methods" was invented by Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tissue-cutting devices and methods thereof, where a tissue-cutting device is coupleable with a catheter. The tissue-cutting device includes a blade that cuts the skin during insertion of the device in a needle track to enlarge to needle tract. The tissue-cutting device is configured for lateral separation from the catheter and/or a guidewire. The tissue-cutting device includes a channel for receiving the catheter and/...