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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2021
Applicants:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Incorporated, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Fumitaro Masaki, Brookline, MA (US);
Nobuhiko Hata, Newton, MA (US);
Franklin King, Allston, MA (US);
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignees:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Incorporated, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/01 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02);
Abstract
The subject disclosure is directed to methods for using an articulated medical device in treating a subject or patient, wherein the device is capable of maneuvering within the subject or patient, and the method is capable of assessing multiple pathways for reaching a desired target and assigning a difficulty score to each the various pathways.