ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,987, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"Robotically-assisted drug delivery" was invented by Brian A. Duclos (Blaine, Minn.) and Vinod Sharma (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions thereon. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: infuse a substance into a target object, via an infusion device, according to a first flow rate; set a second flow rate associated with infusing the substance into the target object, based on a withdrawal rate of the infusion device from the target objec...