US Patent Issued to Medtronic on Aug. 12 for "Image-based navigation system and method of using same" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,340, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Medtronic Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Image-based navigation system and method of using same" was invented by Elizabeth A. Schotzko (Blaine, Minn.), Linnea R. Lentz (Stacy, Minn.) and Sarah E. Ahlberg (Maple Grove, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a system for guiding an instrument through a region of a patient are disclosed. The system includes an instrument and a controller that is adapted to receive ultrasound image data from an ultrasound sensor, receive EM tracking data from an EM tracking system, and identify a physiological landmark of the region of the patient based ...