ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,103, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"System, method and/or computer readable medium for an improved instrument guidance approach in ultrasound imaging" was invented by Henrik Jensen (Charlottenlund, Denmark) and Jacob Bjerring Olesen (Copenhagen, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system includes a probe with a head having a first width along a long axis and a transducer array at the probe head and having a second width along the long axis, wherein the first width is greater than the second width, and the transducer array is configured to generate an electrical...