US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Oct. 27 for "Photoacoustic medical-device navigation system and methods" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,113, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Photoacoustic medical-device navigation system and methods" was invented by Shayne Messerly (Kaysville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photoacoustic medical-device navigation systems and methods provide alternatives to those incorporating fluoroscopy for medical-device navigation in patient bodies. A medical-device navigation system can include an optical-fiber stylet, ultrasound transducers, and a console. The stylet can transmit light to an instant location of a distal tip of an elongate medical device in a patient's body and, thereby, irradiat...