ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,439, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"System and method for navigation" was invented by Leo Bredehoft (Longmont, Colo.), Brad Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.) and Shai Ronen (Westminster, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as inanimate object and/or an animate object. The guide and system may include various manipulable or movable members, such as robotic systems, and may be registered to selected coordinate systems."
The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2023, u...