ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,854, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to FUJIFILM SONOSITE INC. (Bothell, Wash.).

"Ultrasound probe guidance" was invented by Davin Dhatt (Woodinville, Wash.) and Thomas Endres (Sagle, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments describe a system, method, and apparatus for ultrasound imaging. For example, the system can include a probe comprising a transducer configured to transmit or receive ultrasound waves. The system can also include a display communicatively coupled to the probe and one or more processors. The one or more processors cause the ultrasound system to detect, using the probe, one or more markings of a mem...