US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Sept. 30 for "Medical system and method for monitoring medical device insertion and illumination patterns" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,956, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Medical system and method for monitoring medical device insertion and illumination patterns" 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: "Disclosed herein are medical systems and devices that include an elongate probe configured for insertion into a patient, where a multi-core optical fiber extends along the elongate probe. The optical fiber can include sensing core fibers that extend distally along the probe. The optical fiber can...