US 11,911,140 B2
Medical device magnetizer
Matthew J. Prince, Herriman, UT (US); Tab Robbins, Layton, UT (US); Amir Orome, Sandy, UT (US); Bart Peterson, Farmington, UT (US); and Bradley M. Wilkinson, North Haledon, NJ (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 Nov. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/521,680.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,498, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142501 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. H01F 13/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); H01F 7/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/70 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 5/062 (2013.01) [A61B 34/20 (2016.02); H01F 7/0221 (2013.01); H01F 7/0294 (2013.01); H01F 13/00 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 90/70 (2016.02)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetizer, comprising:
at least one magnet; and
a housing, the housing comprising:
a top face;
a bottom face positioned on an opposite side of the housing from the top face;
a plurality of faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face; and
an interior comprising an interior surface formed at least in part by the top face, the bottom face, and the plurality of faces, wherein:
the top face includes a first opening configured to receive a medical device,
the at least one magnet is positioned within the interior of the housing, and
a face of the plurality of faces includes a second opening to expose at least a portion of the interior surface through the second opening, the second opening comprising at least ⅓ of a size of the face.