US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on March 17 for "Shape sensing fiber optic tip protection systems and devices" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,893, issued on March 17, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Shape sensing fiber optic tip protection systems and devices" was invented by Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are fiber-optic assemblies for insertion within a patient body, that include an optical fiber and a secondary mechanical layer extending around a circumference of the optical fiber along at least the distal portion of the optical fiber. A distal tip section of the optical fiber includes a portion of the optica...