ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,799, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Fiagon GMBH (Henningsdorf, Germany).
"Device and method for connecting a medical instrument to a position-detecting system" was invented by Timo Kruger (Berlin) and Dirk Mucha (Glienicke/Nordbahn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for connecting a medical instrument to a position-detecting system, the device having a localization element. The medical instrument has an instrument shaft, an instrument tip and an operating point. At least one localization element for determining position information for the device within a coordinate system of the position-de...