US Patent Issued to Canon U.S.A., The Brigham and Women's Hospital on March 3 for "Methods for operating a medical continuum robot" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,445, issued on March 3, was assigned to Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.) and The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc. (Boston).

"Methods for operating a medical continuum robot" was invented by Fumitaro Masaki (Brookline, Mass.), Nobuhiko Hata (Newton, Mass.), Franklin King (Allston, Mass.) and Takahisa Kato (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject disclosure is directed to methods for using an articulated medical device in treating a subject or patient, wherein the device is capable of maneuvering within the subject or patient, and the method is capable of assessing multiple pathways for reaching a desired target ...