US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Sept. 2 for "Optical tip-tracking systems and methods thereof" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,288, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Optical tip-tracking systems and methods thereof" was invented by Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical tip-tracking system is disclosed including a light-emitting stylet, a light detector, and a console configured to operably connect to the light-emitting stylet and the light detector. The light-emitting stylet can be disposed in a lumen of a catheter. The light-emitting stylet can include a light source in a distal-end portion of the light-emitting stylet configured to emit light. The light detector can be pla...