US Patent Issued to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS on July 28 for "Systems for dynamic image-based localization and associated methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,926, issued on July 28, was assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS INC. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Systems for dynamic image-based localization and associated methods" was invented by Troy K. Adebar (San Jose, Calif.), Timothy D. Soper (San Jose, Calif.) and Kevin X. Pluckter (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, methods, and computer program products for performing medical procedures are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a system for performing a medical procedure includes a medical instrument configured to be inserted within the anatomic region, the medical instrument including an image capture de...