ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,115, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Magnetic signature identification system" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), William Robert Mclaughlin (Bountiful, Utah) and Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a magnetic signature identification system. The system can include a magnetic signature identification device having one or more magnetometers configured to detect magnetic characteristics defined by magnetic elements including dipoles coupled with a target medical device. Logic, when executed by one or more processors, determin...