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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2022
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
Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging system configured to assess the impact of placement of a vascular access device on fluid flow through a target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound probe having an ultrasound array configured to capture one or more ultrasound images of the target vessel and a Doppler array configured to detect the fluid flow through a region of interest of the target vessel. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a console in communication with each of the ultrasound array and the Doppler array, the console configured to determine the region of interest of the target vessel.