US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Aug. 26 for "Systems and methods for visualizing anatomy, locating medical devices, or placing medical devices" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,656, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Systems and methods for visualizing anatomy, locating medical devices, or placing medical devices" was invented by Tyler L. Durfee (Stansbury, Utah) and Eddie K. Burnside (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device-placing system includes an ultrasound probe, a medical-device detector, a console, and an alternative-reality headset. The ultrasound probe is configured to emit ultrasound signals into a patient's limb and receive echoed ultrasound signals from the patient's limb. The medical-device detector is configured for placement...