US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Oct. 21 for "Swappable high mating cycle fiber connection interface" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,988, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Swappable high mating cycle fiber connection interface" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system is disclosed that includes a medical device having an optical fiber, and an interchangeable connection component configured to provide a fiber optic connection between the medical device and capital equipment. The connection component is configured to facilitate cleaning and/or polishing of fiber optic interfaces incl...