ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,229, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Intraosseous modular power" was invented by Daniel Pett (Sandy, Utah) and Jason Edie (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intraosseous access system, including a needle configured to drill into bone via rotation of the needle, and a driver. The driver can be configured to impart rotational power to the needle. The driver can include a power converter and a first power source connected to the power converter. The system can further include a second power source external to the driver and selectively connectable to the driver. A method of dril...