ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,892, issued on March 17, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Ultrasound detection system" was invented by Steffan Sowards (Salt Lake City), William Robert McLaughlin (Bountiful, Utah), Anthony K. Misener (Bountiful, Utah) and Shayne Messerly (Kaysville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging system configured to guide medical device insertion. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound generation device configured to detect one or more anatomical targets within a target area, and one or more projectors configured to project one or mor...