ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,961, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).
"System and method for automatic medical device placement in an anatomical structure using a locking mechanism" was invented by Hani Nozari Mirar (Oslo, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for placement of a medical device in an anatomical structure using a locking mechanism are provided. The method includes performing one or more ultrasound image acquisitions, detecting and tracking one or more anatomical structures in the one or more ultrasound image acquisitions, causing a display system to present a volume of a region of ...