US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Feb. 24 for "Triphalangeal ultrasound probe stabilization feature" (Utah, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,063, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Triphalangeal ultrasound probe stabilization feature" was invented by Bart D. Peterson (Farmington, Utah), Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), Bradley M. Wilkinson (North Haledon, N.J.), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah), Mark Newby (Kamas, Utah) and William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A triphalangeal stabilization feature for an ultrasound probe includes a stationary member, a manipulation member, and a locking member. The stationary member has a shape conforming to an outer surface of the ultrasound probe. The ...