US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Oct. 14 for "Apparatus for use with needle insertion guidance system" (Utah, Washington, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,238, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Apparatus for use with needle insertion guidance system" was invented by Jeremy B. Cox (Salt Lake City), Jiaye Z. Jho (Denville, N.J.) and Robert N. Golden (Kirkland, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guidance system utilizes ultrasound imaging or other suitable imaging technology. In one embodiment, the guidance system includes an imaging device including a probe for producing an image of an internal body portion target, such as a vessel. One or more sensors may be associated with the probe. The system may include a medical device, such as a needle...