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US 12,702,286 B2

Automatic steering of an introducer with a video laryngoscope

US 12,702,286 B2 is a granted patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), dated 2026-08-11. Applicant: Covidien LP. Its PDF downloads from this page without an account, up to 5 a day.

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Applicant
Covidien LP
Inventors
Peter D.C. INGLIS; Derek S. Tata
Publication date
2026-08-11
Filing date
2024-03-08
Document type
B2 Granted patent
Also written as
US 12,702,286 B2 · US12702286 · 12702286

Abstract

Methods and systems for automatic steering of a blind introducer based on images from an independent camera (e.g., a camera of a video laryngoscope) are disclosed. A real time image of a video laryngoscope may be analyzed by a trained ML model to output a classification for the image. The classification may be associated with steering instructions for an introducer. The steering instructions may be provided to the introducer to cause steering of a distal end of the introducer in real time.…

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