ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,115, issued on June 3.
"Combination ultrasound transducer and fat injecting cannula" was invented by Mohammed A. Alsufyani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for injecting fat while simultaneously allowing the injection site to be viewed with ultrasound. The device may comprise a handle with a front portion and a rear portion, a cannula having a cannula tip, extending from the front portion of the handle, and an ultrasound probe attached to the handle, the ultrasound probe comprising an ultrasound head. The ultrasound head is aligned with and spaced apart from the cannula tip, and remains so aligned ...