US 12,232,826 B2
Medical device magnetizer system with indicators
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US); and William Robert McLaughlin, 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 Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/213,539, filed on Jun. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0401158 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/98 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); H01F 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 34/20 (2016.02) [A61B 90/98 (2016.02); H01F 13/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetizer system for use with a medical device including ferrous elements, the magnetizer system comprising:
a magnetizer having a magnetizer body defining a cavity, the magnetizer body having a body opening in communication with the cavity, the magnetizer body including one or more magnets configured to generate a magnetic field configured to imprint a magnetic signature on the ferrous elements within the cavity, the magnetic signature configured to differentiate the medical device from other medical devices, wherein the magnetic signature includes a monopole magnetic signature; and
one or more mechanisms configured to detect a presence of the medical device.