US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM SonoSite on Feb. 17 for "On-screen markers for out-of-plane needle guidance" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,185, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FUJIFILM SonoSite Inc. (Bothell, Wash.).

"On-screen markers for out-of-plane needle guidance" was invented by Wendy Swan (Lake Forest Park, Wash.), Keith Williams (Seattle) and Andrew Lundberg (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system including an image processor configured to receive input data for capturing ultrasound images of a region of interest. The ultrasound images are taken along a first plane; and the input data further includes an indication that a needle will be inserted into the region of interest. The system can capture a plurality of ultrasou...