ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,708, issued on June 10.
"Augmented reality dental surgery" was invented by Derek Duong (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to augmented reality (AR) assisted surgery. A system comprises a spatial virtual surgical treatment plan (SVSTP) for mixed or virtual reality; multiple AR interfaces (ARIs), each ARI configured to overlay the SVSTP onto a surgical site, wherein the ARIs are positioned at different angles to provide an unobstructed view of the surgical site and reduce parallax and occlusion errors during surgery, wherein the ARIs are configured to exchange coordin...