US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Feb. 25 for "Connection system for establishing an electrical connection through a drape and methods thereof" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,617, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Connection system for establishing an electrical connection through a drape and methods thereof" was invented by Chase Thompson (Bountiful, Utah), Jerry Zhao (Salt Lake City), Bradley W. Zentgraf (West Jordan, Utah), Jason R. Stats (Layton, Utah) and Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection system includes a first connector and a second connector configured for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape. The first connector can include an alignment protrusion and a first piercing element havi...