US Patent Issued to Bard Access Systems on Sept. 1 for "Ultrasound probe with pressure measurement capability" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,596, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Bard Access Systems Inc. (Salt Lake City).

"Ultrasound probe with pressure measurement capability" was invented by Huy Ngoc Tran (Riverton, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasound probes, ultrasound systems, and ultrasound methods with pressure measurement capabilities for detecting and determining if bodily tissue is over-compressed during ultrasound imaging procedure. An ultrasound probe can include a probe body, an articulating probe head attached to the probe body, and a pressure-sensing device housed in an articulating area between the articulating probe head and the probe body. A m...