US 12,239,428 B2
Medical device magnetizer
Matthew J. Prince, Herriman, UT (US); Tab Robbins, Layton, UT (US); Amir Orome, Sandy, UT (US); Bart D. 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. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/524,659.
Application 18/524,659 is a continuation of application No. 17/521,680, filed on Nov. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,911,140.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/111,498, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090793 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
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)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A magnetizer, comprising:
a housing including a top face, a bottom face, and a plurality of side faces adjoining the top face and the bottom face, wherein:
the top face includes a first opening configured to receive a needle, the first opening having a first cross-sectional area; and
one of the plurality of side faces includes a second opening having a second cross-sectional area, the second cross-sectional area at least one third of the first cross-sectional area; and
one or more magnets positioned in an interior of the housing,
wherein:
the first opening is substantially circular,
the second opening is substantially ovaloid defining a width and a length longer than the width, and
the width is greater than a diameter of the first opening.