US Patent Issued to Canon U.S.A. on April 7 for "Intraluminal navigation using virtual satellite targets" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,126, issued on April 7, was assigned to Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Intraluminal navigation using virtual satellite targets" was invented by Brian Ninni (Woburn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method that provides navigation guidance for intraluminal procedures comprises: a catheter configured to be inserted into a lumen receive an actuating force from an actuator; and a tracking system configured to acquire position and orientation of the catheter with respect a lumen. A processor in communication with the actuator and the tracking system is configured to: register a position and/or orientation of the cat...