ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,633, issued on June 10, was assigned to Northern Digital Inc. (Waterloo, Canada).
"Electromagnetic sensor" was invented by Mark Robert Schneider (Williston, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprising includes an insertable structure usable in a surgical theater, a fiber optic line extending through the structure, wherein a computer system is configured to determine a shape of the fiber optic line extending through the structure, and one or more electromagnetic sensors wrapped at least in part around one or more portions of the fiber optic line, wherein the computer system is configured to determine a position and orientat...