US Patent Issued to Becton Dickinson and Co. on July 8 for "Apparatus and method for tracking blood vessel cross-section" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,093, issued on July 8, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Apparatus and method for tracking blood vessel cross-section" was invented by Julio Agustin Isla Garcia (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for tracking a cross-section geometry of a blood vessel is provided. The system includes at least one sensor a plurality of ultrasonic transducers and a controller. The ultrasonic transducers are configured to non-invasively sense a blood vessel and provide signals representative of the blood vessel. The controller is in communication with the at least one sensor and a non-transi...