ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,236, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).
"Ultrasound systems and methods for sustained spatial attention" was invented by Daniel B. Blanchard (Bountiful, Utah) and Zachary S. Davis (Sandy, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound probe for sustained spatial attention. The ultrasound probe can include a display screen on a visible side of the ultrasound probe, the display screen coupled to ultrasound imaging components in the ultrasound probe, the ultrasound imaging components configured to capture live subcutaneous images and render the live subcutaneous images on the display screen....