US Patent Issued to Covidien on Oct. 7 for "Ablation system with display for real-time ablation growth projection, and method therefor" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,676, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).

"Ablation system with display for real-time ablation growth projection, and method therefor" was invented by Joseph D. Brannan (Lyons, Colo.) and Casey M. Ladtkow (Erie, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for displaying real-time ablation growth projections is provided. The method includes applying, by a processor, an ablation model to image data of a patient. The ablation model is based on a position of an ablation probe, and the ablation probe is coupled to the processor. The method also includes displaying, on a display coupled to the processor, a pro...