ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,463, issued on April 7, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"Method and apparatus for image-based navigation" was invented by Matthew W. Koenig (Denver), Michael E. Alley (Morrison, Colo.), Jennifer L. Halcome (Longmont, Colo.), Joseph S. Johnson III (Firestone, Colo.) and Lavie P. Golenberg (Edina, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for a procedure that can be performed on an appropriate subject. A procedure may be planned, at least in part, prior to performing the procedure. An image may illustrate at least a portion of the planned procedure for confirmation and/or alteration of the ...