US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Sept. 30 for "Fiber optic shape sensing system associated with port placement" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,954, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Fiber optic shape sensing system associated with port placement" was invented by Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a system and method directed to placing a first medical instrument in a patient body, where the system includes the first medical instrument being an implantable medical instrument, a second medical instrument comprising an optical fiber having one or more of core fibers, and a console having stored thereon logic that, when executed, causes operati...