ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,528, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Magnetic signature imprinting system" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah) and Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a magnetic signature imprinting system including an imprinting device and a medical device having ferrous elements. The imprinting device includes an active area configured to receive the medical device. The active area includes one or more electromagnets configured to generate one or more electromagnetic fields to imprint a magneti...