US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on Nov. 18 for "Automatic identification of tracked surgical devices using an electromagnetic localization system" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,031, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"Automatic identification of tracked surgical devices using an electromagnetic localization system" was invented by Steven L. Hartmann (Superior, Colo.) and Jason Tipton (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for identifying a member used in a navigation system. The navigation system can determine the identification of an instrument via an input. The input can be substantially automatic when an instrument is introduced into the navigation system field or assembly."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2018, under Appl...