US Patent Issued to Bard Peripheral Vascular on Sept. 30 for "Access needle indication systems for locating and accessing subcutaneous medical devices" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,268, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Access needle indication systems for locating and accessing subcutaneous medical devices" was invented by Ericka J. Prechtel (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to access devices configured to access a subcutaneous medical device. The access device can include a needle supported by a needle hub and in some embodiments a housing slidably engaged therewith and configured to align the needle axis at a predetermined angle. The access device can include an indicator system configured to dete...