US 12,224,094 B2
Magnetic signature imprinting system
William Robert McLaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US); Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); and Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,120.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,057, filed on Sep. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0096231 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01F 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC H01F 13/00 (2013.01) [A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetic signature imprinting system, comprising:
an imprinting apparatus configured to operatively engage a medical device, the imprinting apparatus, comprising:
a frame;
a device engagement member coupled with the frame, the device engagement member configured to receive and position a signature portion of the medical device within an imprinting space of the frame; and
a number of magnets selectively positionable with respect to the imprinting space via one or more magnet actuators coupled between the number of magnets and the frame; and
a console coupled with the one or more magnet actuators, the console having a number of processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having logic stored thereon that, when executed by the number of processors, performs operations that include activating the one or more magnet actuators to (i) displace the number of magnets into an imprinting position defining a magnetic field within the imprinting space, the magnetic field configured to imprint a defined magnetic signature on the signature portion to define an imprinted magnetic signature and (ii) displace the number of magnets away from the imprinting position.