ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,817, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Covidien AG (Switzerland).
"Steerable endoscope system with augmented view" was invented by Peter Douglas Colin Inglis (Boulder, Colo.) and Derek Scot Tata (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable endoscope system is provided with an augmented view. An augmented reality display includes a rendered model of an anatomical structure corresponding to a patient anatomy pinned in the field of view, an endoscope marker moving through the virtual model, and an image from an endoscope at a location within the patient anatomy."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application...