US Patent Issued to EXACT IMAGING on May 20 for "Needle guide for an angled endocavity transducer" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,162, issued on May 20, was assigned to EXACT IMAGING INC. (Ontario, Canada).

"Needle guide for an angled endocavity transducer" was invented by Jerrold Wen (Thornhill, Canada), Jerzy A. Smolen (North York, Canada), Emma E. Beverly (Mississauga, Canada) and Craig J. Cermak (Riverside, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A needle guide for an angled ultrasound probe having a port tower with a plurality of needle ports aligned with an angled ultrasonic imaging plane. The needle ports in a port tower are aligned at the offset angle of the angled ultrasound probe and can support and guide a needle at the offset angle. Adjustment of the po...