US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 15 for "Optimized structural support in catheter insertion systems" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,794, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Optimized structural support in catheter insertion systems" was invented by Joe Spataro (Cottonwood Heights, Utah) and Austin J. Mckinnon (Herriman, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to catheter placement systems including distally extendable support devices. When placing elongate catheters advanced insertion systems are required to maintain a "touch-free" insertion. Further longer needles are desirable to access deeper veins or penetrate deeper surface tissues. Distally extendable support devices provide co...