US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on Jan. 28 for "Systems and methods for enhancement of 3D imagery and navigation via integration of patient motion data" (Colorado, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,221, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for enhancement of 3D imagery and navigation via integration of patient motion data" was invented by Patrick A. Helm (Milton, Mass.) and Robert J. Pahl (Broomfield, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods used to register medical image data with anatomical positions are disclosed. The image data is captured by an imaging system over a period of time. The positions are determined by one or more modalities over the period of time. The positions are collected into position data, and determinations are mad...