US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on July 8 for "Systems and methods for ultrasound-and-bioimpedance-based guidance of medical devices" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,983, issued on July 8, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Systems and methods for ultrasound-and-bioimpedance-based guidance of medical devices" was invented by Shayne Messerly (Kaysville, Utah), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City) and Robin Scott Urry (Layton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems and methods for ultrasound-and-bioimpedance-based guidance of medical devices. A system can include an ultrasound probe, a needle, a console, and a display screen. The ultrasound probe is configured to emit ultrasound pulses and receive reflected ultrasound puls...