ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,840, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Magnetizing system for needle assemblies" was invented by Eric W. Lindekugel (Salt Lake City) and Matthew J. Prince (Herriman, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetizing system for use in selectively magnetizing a needle of a medical device is disclosed. Once magnetized, the needle can be tracked by a needle guidance system, which assists the clinician placing the needle by visualizing on a display the position and orientation of the needle after its insertion into a body of a patient. An orientation key system is included with the magnetizing ...