US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on April 22 for "Ultrasound imaging system with a sterilizing system" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,910, issued on April 22, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Ultrasound imaging system with a sterilizing system" was invented by Glade H. Howell (Draper, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system configured to simultaneously capture one or more ultrasound images and sterilize a skin surface within a target area via ultraviolet light. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture the one or more ultrasound images of a target area. A sterilizing system of the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of ultraviolet light sources. Lo...