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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2023
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Glade H. Howell, Draper, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system configured to simultaneously capture one or more ultrasound images and sterilize a skin surface within a target area via ultraviolet light. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture the one or more ultrasound images of a target area. A sterilizing system of the ultrasound probe includes a plurality of ultraviolet light sources. Logic of the ultrasound imaging system governs the operation of the ultraviolet light sources including activation, deactivation, intensity modulation, and/or pulsing modulation. Contact and motion sensors provide input to the logic and the logic governs operation of the ultraviolet light sources in accordance input received from the contact and motion sensors.