US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on June 16 for "System and method for determining a configuration of an expandable portion" (Colorado, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,626, issued on June 16, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).

"System and method for determining a configuration of an expandable portion" was invented by Brad Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.), Bruce M. Burg (Louisville, Colo.) and Andrew Bzostek (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for determining a location and configuration of an expandable member. A flexible coil can be provided on a shape changing portion, such as an expandable portion, to measure a signal as the shape changes."

The patent was filed on June 6, 2024, under Application No. 18/735,269.

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