ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,517, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Cannula locator device" was invented by S. Ray Isaacson (Layton, Utah) and Austin Jason McKinnon (Herriman, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cannula locator device is described herein. The cannula locator device may include a cannula. The cannula may include a distal tip, an elongated tubular shaft, and an inner lumen formed by the elongated tubular shaft. The cannula locator device may also include a first optical fiber configured to emit light and a second optical fiber configured to receive reflected light. The first and second optical f...