ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,453, issued on April 8, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).
"Navigation system and method" was invented by Brad Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.), Danail G. Danailov (Westminster, Colo.), Andrew Bzostek (Boulder, Colo.) and Andrew Wald (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly."
The patent was filed on April 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/303,384.
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