US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 8 for "System, method, and apparatus for improved confirm of an anatomical position of a medical instrument" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,984, issued on July 8, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"System, method, and apparatus for improved confirm of an anatomical position of a medical instrument" was invented by Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a system, apparatus and method directed to obtaining first data indicative of a first location within the patient vasculature, obtaining second data that is indicative of a second location within the patient vasculature, performing a confirmation process that includes det...