US Patent Issued to Medtronic Navigation on March 3 for "Systems and methods for improved electromagnetic tracking" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,451, issued on March 3, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Louisville, Colo.).

"Systems and methods for improved electromagnetic tracking" was invented by Bradley W. Jacobsen (Erie, Colo.) and Andrew J. Wald (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tracking a pose of a portion of an anatomical structure using a bi-directional electromagnetic navigation system may include generating a signal comprising a plurality of frequencies. The signal may be received at a bi-directional coil array that comprises a plurality of bi-directional micro coils configured to both generate electromagnetic fields and detect electromagnetic fields ge...