US Patent Issued to KOINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 14 for "System for guiding interventional instrument to internal target" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,234, issued on July 14, was assigned to KOINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"System for guiding interventional instrument to internal target" was invented by Molly Lara Flexman (Melrose, Mass.), Torre Michele Bydlon (Melrose, Mass.), Sean Kyne (Brookline, Mass.) and Alvin Chen (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided for guiding an interventional instrument (150) to an internal target in a subject. The system includes a guide device (100) configured to rest on an outer surface of the subject and a shape sensing device (140). The guide device includes a holder (120) configured to receive the ...