ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,328, issued on March 24, was assigned to Covidien LP (Mansfield, Mass.).
"System and method for lung visualization using ultrasound" was invented by Joseph D. Brannan (Lyons, Colo.), William J. Dickhans (Longmont, Colo.), Casey M. Ladtkow (Erie, Colo.) and Darion R. Peterson (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for ultrasound interrogation of a lung includes a memory, an electromagnetic (EM) board, an extended working channel (EWC), an EM sensor, a US transducer, and a processor. The memory stores a three dimensional (3D) model, a pathway plan for navigating a luminal network. An EM board generates an EM field. T...