ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,876, issued on July 29, was assigned to ASAHI INTECC Co. LTD. (Seto, Japan).

"FPD navigation device and FPD system" was invented by Osamu Katoh (Seto, Japan), Kenya Nasu (Seto, Japan), Yotaro Nishio (Seto, Japan), Kensuke Sakata (Seto, Japan) and Masahiro Kashiwai (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A FPD navigation device includes an image acquiring portion that acquires, from a FPD (flat panel detector), a first image including an image of a target blood vessel taken at a first position, and a second image including an image of the target blood vessel taken at a second position different from the first position; a position ...