ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,549, issued on June 30, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Visualization adjustments for instrument roll" was invented by Chauncey F. Graetzel (Palo Alto, Calif.), Rachel Leigh Chok (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Claire Elizabeth Kingston (San Francisco), Sarah Plewe (Redwood City, Calif.) and Jason J. Hsu (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques relate to providing image data, indicators, and/or other data associated with a medical instrument with the appropriate orientation to assist a user in performing a procedure. For example, a user interface can present an image representation representing ...