ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,591, issued on April 22, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Alternative-reality devices and methods for establishing and visualizing historical sites of vascular access" was invented by Tyler L. Durfee (Stansbury, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Alternative-reality devices and methods are disclosed for establishing and visualizing historical sites of vascular access, which are useful for evaluating potential sites of vascular access and improving the successes of obtaining vascular access. For example, an alternative-reality device includes anatomical target-defining instructions and vascular access site-t...