US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 15 for "Connection systems and methods thereof for establishing an electrical connection through a drape" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,526, issued on April 15, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Connection systems and methods thereof for establishing an electrical connection through a drape" was invented by Chase Thompson (Bountiful, Utah), Kent F. Beck (Layton, Utah) and Jerry Zhao (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tether connector configured to form an electrical connection with a sensor connector through a sterile barrier disposed over the sensor connector. The tether connector can include a housing, an electrical lead extending from the housing, and a first piercing element in the housing orthogonally connected to the elect...