US Patent Issued to Avent on Oct. 14 for "Apparatus, system, and method for detecting the distance between sensors using ultrasound" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,183, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Apparatus, system, and method for detecting the distance between sensors using ultrasound" was invented by James F. Tassitano (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method for detecting the distance between a plurality of position detectors using ultrasound includes a processor and a memory device. The system further includes first and second position detector devices each configured to detect the position of a medical device within a patient, the first position detector device including a first transceiver and being operatively cou...