US Patent Issued to University of Florida Research Foundation on March 17 for "Guidance and tracking system for templated and targeted biopsy and treatment" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,815, issued on March 17, was assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Guidance and tracking system for templated and targeted biopsy and treatment" was invented by Samsun Lampotang (Gainesville, Fla.) and David Erik Lizdas (Gainesville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for a guidance and tracking system that facilitate templated and targeted biopsy and/or treatment. A guidance and tracking system may include a catheter having a six-degree-of-freedom magnetic tracking sensor, where the catheter can be positioned and anchored in an organ or a natural passage ...