US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Sept. 22 for "Capital equipment auto-enabled features" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,119, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Capital equipment auto-enabled features" was invented by Jeff E. Franklin (Hamilton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a medical system including an equipment module, a limited use device, and a functional interface configured to operatively couple the limited use device with the equipment module via a non-proprietary connector. The equipment module includes an identification interface configured to obtain identification data from the limited use device, and the equipment module is configured to modify operation of the system in a...