ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,868, issued on July 29, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).
"Filter system and method for imaging a subject" was invented by David A. Garlow (Lynnfield, Mass.) and Kyo C. Jin (Durham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system using various selection techniques. The selection techniques may be used to assist in generating selected images for viewing. Selection techniques may include moving a filter to filter a selected portion of an imaging beam."
The patent was filed on June 15, 2023, und...