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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2022
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US);
William Robert Mclaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US);
Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is an ultrasound training system that according to various embodiments includes an ultrasound probe, a vascular access device, and a patient simulation block. Logic of the system tracks the location and orientation of the probe and the vascular access device via magnetic tracking, fiber optic shape sensing, inertia measurement or any combination thereof. The logic depicts the vascular access device in relation to the patient simulation block on a display along with a simulated ultrasound image. The patient simulation block may include artificial anatomical elements and the logic may depict simulated anatomic elements aligned with the artificial anatomical elements. The probe includes a load sensor and the logic depicts an anatomic element having a shape affected by the load. The vascular access device includes magnetic elements defining a magnetic signature and the logic depicts the type and/or size of the vascular access device based on the magnetic signature.