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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2020
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jeanette E. Southard, Castleconnell, IE;
Matthew J. Prince, Herriman, UT (US);
Tab Robbins, Layton, UT (US);
Tyler L. Durfee, Stansbury, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for tracking medical devices such as needles and catheters. For example, an ultrasound-imaging system is configured to perform a set of operations for accessing a blood vessel, recommending a proper approach angle for approaching the blood vessel with the medical device, recommending a proper insertion angle for inserting the medical device in the blood vessel, ensuring a final placement of a sufficient length of the medical device within the blood vessel, and following, or tracking, a procedure for placing the medical device in the blood vessel. In addition, the ultrasound-imaging system is configured to perform a set of operations for optimizing an ultrasound image about the blood vessel or a targeted location of the blood vessel.