US Patent Issued to Piper Access on Aug. 5 for "Safety shields for elongated instruments and related systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,881, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Piper Access LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Safety shields for elongated instruments and related systems and methods" was invented by Jay Muse (Salt Lake City) and Ryan S. VanDyke (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include an elongated instrument that is positioned within a cannula portion of a cannula assembly. The system can include a shield that is coupled with both the elongated instrument and the cannula assembly when in an unlocked state. The shield can permit proximal movement of the elongated instrument relative thereto when in the unlocked state. The shield can automatical...