US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Sept. 30 for "Implantable ports, implantable port-detecting devices, and methods thereof" (Arizona, Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,294, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Implantable ports, implantable port-detecting devices, and methods thereof" was invented by Andrzej J. Chanduszko (Chandler, Ariz.), Peng Zheng (Chandler, Ariz.), Sima Jalaleddine (Phoenix), Joceline D. Cooks (El Mirage, Ariz.) and Jeremy B. Cox (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an implantable port and an implantable port-detecting device ("IPDD"). The implantable port includes a housing and a septum over a portion of the housing. At least one of the housing or the septum incorporates a contrast agent for locating the s...