ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,215, issued on May 20, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Curette with navigation sensor" was invented by Ehsan Shameli (Irvine, Calif.), Itzhak Fang (Irvine, Calif.) and Babak Ebrahimi (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a sensor. The shaft assembly defines a longitudinal axis. The end effector is positioned at a distal end of the shaft assembly. A portion of the end effector is offset from the longitudinal axis. The sensor is configured to generate a signal in response to a magnetic field. The signal is configured to indicate a position of the en...