ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,286, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Instrument shape determination" was invented by Chauncey F. Graetzel (Palo Alto, Calif.) and David Paul Noonan (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling an instrument involves measuring strain of one or more optical fibers associated with an elongate shaft of an instrument, determining a first shape estimation of the elongate shaft based on the measured strain, determining, based on the measured strain, a strain-indicated characteristic of the elongate shaft with respect to a mechanical condition of the elongate shaft, determ...