US Patent Issued to Covidien on July 29 for "Electromagnetic navigation assembly and computed tomography scanner patient table, surgery system including the same, and method using the same" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,866, issued on July 29, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Electromagnetic navigation assembly and computed tomography scanner patient table, surgery system including the same, and method using the same" was invented by Joseph D. Brannan (Lyons, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An EM device is provided that includes an antenna assembly for radiating at least one electromagnetic field for electromagnetic navigation. The EM device also includes a moving arrangement coupled to the antenna assembly and configured to either move the antenna assembly toward and away from a CT scan plane or move a patient toward and away f...