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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2020
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jon B. Newman, Centerville, UT (US);
Sarah L. Creasy, Park City, UT (US);
Kenneth W. Sykes, Bluffdale, UT (US);
Jeanette E. Southard, Castleconnell, IE;
Matthew J. Prince, Herriman, UT (US);
Tab Robbins, Layton, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A needle-guidance system is disclosed including single-patient equipment, multi-patient equipment, and an RFID reader-writer. The single-patient equipment can include a vascular access device ('VAD') having a needle and an RFID tag. The RFID tag can be incorporated into the VAD or packaging for the VAD. The console can be configured to automatically start needle tracking for a clinician on an integrated display screen of the console after receiving RFID-tag data from the RFID tag and processing with a processor of the console instructions of needle-tracking software provided by memory of the console for the needle tracking. The RFID reader-writer can be configured to read the RFID-tag data from the RFID tag and write additional RFID-tag data to the RFID tag. The RFID reader-writer can be provided with the packaging for the VAD or the multi-patient equipment. A method of the needle-guidance system is also disclosed.