ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,805, issued on March 17, was assigned to Dandelion Technologies LLC (Vero Beach, Fla.).

"Ultrasound probe with an integrated needle assembly and a computer program product, a method and a system for providing a path for inserting a needle of the ultrasound probe" was invented by Paul Adams (Vero Beach, Fla.), Christopher Vetter (Dublin, Ohio) and Michael Andrew Holtman (McLean, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and system for and methods of using an ultrasound probe housing containing ultrasound probes configured to produce images inside the body of a patient for procedures requiring needle or probe insertion. The ultrasou...