US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 29 for "Optical-fiber stylet holders and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,572, issued on April 29, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Optical-fiber stylet holders and methods thereof" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are optical-fiber stylet holders and methods thereof for holding optical-fiber stylets in position in catheters or the like while preventing breakage of optical fibers in the optical-fiber stylets and maintaining functionality of the optical-fiber stylets. The holding of optical-fiber stylets in position in catheters or the...