US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Feb. 3 for "Ultrasound probe accessory implement" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,101, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Ultrasound probe accessory implement" was invented by William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Bart Peterson (Farmington, Utah), Bradley M. Wilkinson (North Haledon, N.J.) and Mark Newby (Kamas, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasound probe assemblies including the probe, a sheath, and an accessory implement that may be selectively attached to and detached form the probe. The implement includes an attachment surface for attaching accessories thereto. The attachment surfac...