ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,192, issued on July 15, was assigned to Elucent Medical Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Surgical device guidance and monitoring devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Daniel W. van der Weide (Madison, Wis.), Noah van der Weide (Madison, Wis.), Eric N. Rudie (Maple Grove, Minn.), David Miel (Minneapolis), Lee G. Wilke (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Fred T. Lee Jr. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for localization of one or more tags in a patient."

The patent was filed on March 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/686,760.

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