ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,699, issued on Sept. 23.

"System and method for augmented reality spine surgery" was invented by Mordechai Avisar (Highland Heights, Ohio), Alon Yakob Geri (Orange Village, Ohio) and Robert Louis (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for providing an imaging system comprising an image generator and a MD6DM model, for creating a synchronized augmented reality view of a subject. In particular, the imaging system enables augmenting and overlaying the MD6DM model over top of a corresponding physical model. Moreover, the imaging system anchors the MD6DM model to the physical model and synchronizes the ...