US Patent Issued to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on Sept. 30 for "Ultrasound-guided alignment and insertion of percutaneous cannulating instruments" (Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,850, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (New Brunswick, N.J.).

"Ultrasound-guided alignment and insertion of percutaneous cannulating instruments" was invented by Martin L. Yarmush (Newton, Mass.), Alvin Chen (Cambridge, Mass.), Max Balter (Boston) and Joshua Leipheimer (Highland Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for directing a cannula toward a target location under a patient's skin. The device is handheld and the device operations may be automated. The device includes an imaging probe for imaging the target location, a positioning unit for manipulating a cann...