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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2023
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
William Robert Mclaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US);
Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging system configured to capture a plurality of ultrasound images and determine one or more optimal ultrasound images from the plurality of ultrasound images. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture a plurality of ultrasound images of a target vessel and other anatomical targets within a target area. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a console in communication with the ultrasound array, the console configured to detect one or more vessel characteristics of the target vessel, determine one or more vessel characteristic values from the one or more vessel characteristics, and compare each vessel characteristic value with one or more vessel characteristic thresholds to determine one or more optimal ultrasound images from the plurality of ultrasound images.