US Patent Issued to Kalysto Labs on Dec. 9 for "Systems and methods for ultrasonic guided needle insertion" (California, New York, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,003, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Kalysto Labs LLC (San Diego).

"Systems and methods for ultrasonic guided needle insertion" was invented by Fernando A. Sosa (San Diego), Peter Liao (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Marc Bennett (Austin, Texas), Allen Jeremias (Woodbury, N.Y.) and Evan Shlofmitz (Sands Point, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device of the present invention is an ultrasound device which is used in a clinical setting to help users locate the correct position and angle for needle insertion. The device provides images of perpendicular image planes without needing to move the device thereby allowing a user to maintain a st...