US Patent Issued to Avent on Feb. 25 for "System and method for muscle stimulation and/or impedance measurement to verify proper tube placement" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,254, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"System and method for muscle stimulation and/or impedance measurement to verify proper tube placement" was invented by Karl Thomas Bjurbo (Cumming, Ga.), Eric A. Schepis (Alpharetta, Ga.) and James F. Tassitano (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tubing assembly for use with an electronic catheter guidance systems is provided and includes a catheter and a stimulation electrode assembly, and an electrical connection for delivering a stimulation waveform to the stimulation electrode assembly. The catheter extends in a longitudinal direction and has a pro...