ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,588, issued on April 15, was assigned to View Point Medical Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Multi-mode imaging markers" was invented by William Blair (San Diego), Mike Jones (San Clemente, Calif.) and John Merritt (San Clemente, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Imaging marker embodiments that may be used for marking sites within a patient's body are discussed. Some imaging marker embodiments are particularly useful for imaging with ultrasound imaging modalities and some imaging marker embodiments may be suitable for imaging with multiple modes of imaging modalities. Method embodiments for making and using imaging markers are also discu...