US Patent Issued to Biosense Webster (Israel) on April 15 for "Ear-nose-throat (ENT) navigable shaver with ferromagnetic components" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,464, issued on April 15, was assigned to Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).

"Ear-nose-throat (ENT) navigable shaver with ferromagnetic components" was invented by Assaf Govari (Haifa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a medical probe and a position-tracking system. The medical probe includes a distal end, and one or more distal magnetic position sensors. The medical probe further includes a proximal-end assembly, and one or more proximal magnetic position sensors. The position-tracking system includes a memory, which is configured to hold values indicative of known relative positions between the di...