ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,128, issued on July 14, was assigned to Becton Dickinson and Co. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"System and method for non-invasively sensing a blood vessel" was invented by Julio Agustin Isla Garcia (Irvine, Calif.), Xiaolong Li (Irvine, Calif.), Rendle Lamarr Myles Jr. (Covina, Calif.) and Alexander H. Siemons (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for non-invasively sensing a blood vessel are provided. The system includes a sensor and a controller. The sensor has an array of ultrasound transducers that includes at least a first ultrasound transducer and a second ultrasound transducer. The controller is in...