ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,340, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ACTIV Surgical Inc. (Boston).
"User interface elements for orientation of remote camera during surgery" was invented by Vasiliy Evgenyevich Buharin (Boston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "User interface elements for orientation of remote camera during surgery are provided. In various embodiments, an image of an interior of a body cavity of a patient is received from one or more camera located at a distal end of an endoscopic tool. Position information and/or orientation information of the camera is received. A reference view indicating a field of view of the camera(s) on an anatomical model is g...