US Patent Issued to Spiro Robotics on Feb. 24 for "Robotic-assisted navigation and control for airway management procedures, assemblies and systems" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,187, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Spiro Robotics Inc. (Castro Valley, Calif.).

"Robotic-assisted navigation and control for airway management procedures, assemblies and systems" was invented by Vladimir Nekhendzy (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Dimitri Sokolov (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Airway management methods, devices, assemblies and systems. Methods, devices, assemblies and systems may include robotic movement and control of an intubation tube introducer or guide, and may include utilizing image data from one or more image sensors. The methods, devices, assemblies and systems may optionally be used in endotra...