ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,489, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Imactis (La Tronche, France).
"System for planning the introduction of a needle in a patient's body" was invented by Lionel Carrat (Saint Martin d'Heres, France), Stephane Lavallee (Martin d'Uriage, France), Ivan Bricault (Grenoble, France), Florence Billet (Grenoble, France), Patrick-Denis Simonovici (Grenoble, France) and Agnes Labadie (Grenoble, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for planning introduction of a needle in a patient's body, includes a needle guide configured to be coupled to a needle and a localization system configured for tracking the needle guide with respect to ...