US Patent Issued on Feb. 3 for "Portable virtual endoscopic tool simulator with haptic feedback enhanced handheld controller" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,174, issued on Feb. 3.

"Portable virtual endoscopic tool simulator with haptic feedback enhanced handheld controller" was invented by Zhan Tao Wang (London, Canada) and Jeremy J. Cepek (London, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) system, including a handheld controller, at least two imaging devices and a computer, is capable of simulating a variety of endoscopic, especially urological, procedures, for the purpose of training and/or equipment design evaluation. The handheld controller has inertial sensors for three axes of motion, user actuatable controls for causing the virtual urological...