ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,131, issued on April 7, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).
"System and method for navigation" was invented by Bradley W. Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.), Victor D. Snyder (Erie, Colo.) and Andrew J. Wald (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for assisting in guiding and performing a procedure on a subject. The subject may be any appropriate subject such as a living or non-living subject or inanimate object and/or an animate object."
The patent was filed on Nov. 30, 2023, under Application No. 18/524,898.
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