US 12,433,567 B2
Ultrasound imaging system
Steffan Sowards, Salt Lake City, UT (US); William Robert McLaughlin, Bountiful, UT (US); and Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US)
Assigned to Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed by Bard Access Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (US)
Filed on Mar. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/121,802.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/320,582, filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293143 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:
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; and
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,
wherein the one or more vessel characteristic thresholds include at least maximum vessel size threshold.