ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,540, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"System and method for navigating and illustrating a procedure" was invented by Matthew W. Koenig (Denver) and Marco Capote (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system to assist in a procedure. During the procedure an object may be moved relative to a subject, such as being positioned and/or placed within a subject. The system and related method may be used to assist in displaying and/or determining a pose of the object relative to a subject, such as rigid portions of a subject."
The patent was filed on Nov. 9, 2023, under...