US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Nov. 25 for "Assisting in moving an insertion element within an object" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,435, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Assisting in moving an insertion element within an object" was invented by Roland Wilhelmus Maria Bullens (Mierlo, Netherlands) and Wilhelmus Henrica Gerarda Maria Van Den Boomen (Valkenswaard, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to assisting a user in moving an insertion element within an object. A three-dimensional (3D) position and 3D local shape of the insertion element are tracked within the object. Based on the tracked 3D position and 3D local shape of the insertion element, an insertion element representatio...