US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on May 13 for "Needle assembly including an aligned magnetic element" (Utah, Oregon, Washington, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,714, issued on May 13, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Needle assembly including an aligned magnetic element" was invented by Jon B. Newman (Centerville, Utah), Sarah L Creasy (Park City, Utah), Randi Cleverly (Bountiful, Utah), Michael S. Guthrie (Crestwood, Ky.), Joseph J. Stupak Jr. (Portland, Ore.), Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah), Eddie K. Burnside (Bountiful, Utah), Bret Hamatake (Grantsville, Utah), Chad A. Hadley (North Salt Lake, Utah) and Robert N. Golden (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of attaching a magnetic element to a needle assembly. The needle assembly can include a ca...