US Patent Issued to Auris Health on March 31 for "Medical instrument guidance with robotic systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,964, issued on March 31, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Medical instrument guidance with robotic systems" was invented by Richard August Leparmentier (San Carlos, Calif.), Eric Davidson (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Enrique Romo (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques for endoscopically-assisted percutaneous medical procedures are described. Techniques can include inserting a first medical instrument having an elongated shaft and a first position sensor into a region of anatomy through a natural orifice. A first position of the first medical instrument within the region can be de...