US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on May 19 for "Splittable needle for catheter placement system" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,500, issued on May 19, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Splittable needle for catheter placement system" was invented by Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City) and Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Advanced catheter placement systems require disengaging a needle from the guidewire without disturbing a position of the guidewire within the vasculature. Embodiments include withdrawing the needle proximally and drawing the needle over a splitter system that includes a splitter wedge. The splitter system separates the needle along a longitudinal axis. A portion of the guidewire can ...