ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,175, issued on March 18, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Medical instrument driving" was invented by Chauncey F. Graetzel (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Polly Charlene Ma (Fremont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for controlling a medical instrument are discussed herein. For example, image data can be received from a first instrument that is configured to access an anatomical site via a first access path. The image data can be representative of the anatomical site and a second instrument that is configured to access the anatomical site via a second access path. A visual represen...