US Patent Issued to Auris Health on March 31 for "Surgical instrument with magnetic sensing" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,959, issued on March 31, was assigned to Auris Health Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Surgical instrument with magnetic sensing" was invented by Jake Sprenger (Etobicoke, Canada), Adam Hoffman (San Jose, Calif.), Andrew S. Berkowitz (Redwood City, Calif.) and Lewis Theodore Cronis (Mendon, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor array can detect a position of a magnetic element. The sensor array can include a printed circuit board and a plurality of sensors. The printed circuit board is configured to rotate about a rotation axis and relative to the magnetic element. The plurality of sensors are disposed circumferentially about th...