ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,917, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Hands-free ultrasound assembly and system" was invented by Zachary S. Davis (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are hands-free ultrasound probes, assemblies, systems, and methods. An ultrasound-probe assembly, for example, can include an ultrasound probe and a single-use pad coupled to a patient-facing side of the ultrasound probe. The ultrasound probe can include a probe body, a stabilizer extending from the probe body, a probe head including ultrasonic transducers in an array in a patient-facing portion of the probe body, an...