ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,750, issued on May 12, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).
"Method and apparatus for planning placement of an implant" was invented by Tyler S. Stevenson (Westminster, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system to plan and position an implant in a subject. The planned position may be based upon various features and structures identified in a group of subjects for a current subject. The implant may then be positioned in a selected position including a relative position and orientation of one or more electrodes on the implant which may be identified as an optimal position for the selected curren...