US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 29 for "Optical connection systems and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,520, issued on April 29, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Optical connection systems and methods thereof" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical connection systems including electrical-and-optical connection systems and methods thereof are disclosed. An electrical-and-optical connection system can include an extension tube having a plug and a relay module having a receptacle. The plug can be formed of a metal piece around electrical wires, which, in turn, are around optical-fiber cores that extend along a length of the e...