ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,439, issued on April 14, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"System and method to access lung tissue" was invented by William S. Krimsky (Forest Hill, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for navigating to a target site in a patient is provided. The system includes an extended working channel and a tool usable with an electromagnetic navigation system. In particular, the extended working channel and the tool contain an electromagnetic sensor configured to provide location information within a patient of the extended working channel and the tool to the electromagnetic navigation system. The distance fro...