US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Oct. 27 for "Infusion systems for in-line disinfection of infusates and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,532, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Infusion systems for in-line disinfection of infusates and methods thereof" was invented by Craig Hayden (Sandy, Utah), Dustin Payne (West Jordan, Utah), Timothy M. Snelling (Salt Lake City) and Matthew J. Prince (Herriman, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infusion system for in-line disinfection of a prepared infusate with UV light can include a vascular access device ("VAD") and a UV light ring. The VAD can include an intracorporeal conduit, one or more extracorporeal conduits fluidly connected to the intracorporeal conduit, a hub between a pr...