ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,077, issued on Dec. 30.
"Method and system for simulating surgical procedures" was invented by Mordechai Avisar (Mayfield Village, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for selecting and/or designing a tool for a medical procedure by converting static/still medical images of a particular patient into dynamic and interactive images interacting with selected medical tools including medical devices by coupling a model of tissue dynamics and tool characteristics to the patient specific imagery for simulating a medical procedure in an accurate and dynamic manner by coupling a model of tissue dynamics to patient specific ...