US Patent Issued to CIVCO Medical Instruments on Jan. 28 for "Needle guide devices for mounting on imaging transducers or adaptors on imaging transducer, imaging transducers for mounting needle guide devices and adaptors for imaging transducers for mounting needle guide devices thereon" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,839, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CIVCO Medical Instruments Co. Inc. (Kalona, Iowa).

"Needle guide devices for mounting on imaging transducers or adaptors on imaging transducer, imaging transducers for mounting needle guide devices and adaptors for imaging transducers for mounting needle guide devices thereon" was invented by Craig Joseph Cermak (Riverside, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle guide to retain a needle at a desired trajectory with respect to an imaging transducer includes a body member, a needle holder subassembly, and a slide member. The needle holder subassembly is pivotably mounted on the body member ...