ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,931, issued on Dec. 9.
"Localization of the parathyroid" was invented by Alan N. Schwartz (Edmonds, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A local positioning system (LPS) is provided. The LPS includes at least three local position tracking devices, each further including one or more of: a clock synchronized to the clock in each of the other devices; a transmitter transmitting signals over time synchronized to the clock; and a receiver receiving the signals over time from the other devices. The LPS further includes a processor operatively coupled to at least one of the devices and that is configured to: obtain for each of the signals a ...