ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,777, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AURIS HEALTH INC. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"Systems and devices for catheter driving instinctiveness" was invented by June Park (San Jose, Calif.), Ray D'Ambrosio (Fremont, Calif.) and Sean P. Walker (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robotic catheter system may include a flexible catheter having a proximal end, a distal end, and an articulating portion at the distal end, it may further include a sensor coupled with the flexible catheter at or near the distal end, a visual display for displaying an image of at least part of the flexible catheter, a processor for generating a v...