US Patent Issued to Oregon Health & Science University on April 1 for "Ultrasound-based intravascular placement guide structure" (Oregon, California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,037, issued on April 1, was assigned to Oregon Health & Science University (Portland, Ore.).

"Ultrasound-based intravascular placement guide structure" was invented by Matthew Hansen (Portland, Ore.), Amen Mengistu (Portland, Ore.), Adam Hoiness (Austin, Texas) and Lauren Larocco (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide structure (10) is configured for placement on a patient's skin and holding a medical probe (61) for adjustable positioning over the patient's skin during vascular line placement. A preferred guide structure includes a U-shaped base (12) having two arms (14, 16) separated by an open space (18). A carr...