US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Feb. 10 for "Integrated system for intravascular placement of a catheter" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,968, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Integrated system for intravascular placement of a catheter" was invented by Shayne Messerly (Kaysville, Utah), Matthew W. Bown (West Bountiful, Utah), Eddie K. Burnside (Bountiful, Utah) and Kelly J. Christian (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter placement system includes a catheter assembly, an external ultrasound probe, a tip location sensor, and a console. The catheter assembly includes a catheter, a magnetic component producing a magnetic field, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor designed to measure an intravascular ECG signal....