ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,953, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Ultrasound probe with pointer remote control capability" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system is disclosed that includes an ultrasound imaging device including a display screen, a processor and memory having stored thereon logic, and an ultrasound probe. The logic of the ultrasound imaging device, upon execution by the processor, can causes an alteration of content displayed on the display screen in accorda...