ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,818, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"System and method for optic shape sensing and electrical signal conduction" 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: "A medical device operating as a stylet is described. The medical device can include an insulating layer (or sheath) encapsulating both a multi-core optical fiber and a conductive medium. The optical fiber can include a cladding and a plurality of core fibers spatially arranged within the cladding. Each of the core fibers can include a plurality of sensors dis...