ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,480, issued on Dec. 2.
"Augmented reality guidance for surgical procedures" was invented by Philipp K. Lang (Franconia, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display. Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems, devices and methods for displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, aligning, moving a virtual implant on a physical anatomic structure of a patient and, optionally, modifying or changing the displaying, placing, fitting, sizing, selecting, a...