ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,408, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rivanna Medical Inc. (Charlottesville, Va.).
"Ultrasound scanning surface apparatus and assembly" was invented by Adam Joseph Dixon (Charlottesville, Va.) and Frank William Mauldin Jr. (Charlottesville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound training model which exhibits optically clear soft tissue-mimicking materials that are simultaneously acoustically scattering and self-healing to needle punctures. An exemplary embodiment is disclosed that comprises an embedded bone-mimicking spine model and a dual-purpose lid that may be used as a friction surface mat. Various embodiments of the ...