ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,044, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to AUGMEDICS LTD. (Yokneam Illit, Israel).
"Rotating marker and adapter for image-guided surgery" was invented by Tomer Gera (Kfar Tavor, Israel) and Nissan Elimelech (Beerotaim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient marker couples to an anchoring device via a base having a base axis, base connections and a first indicator. The marker includes: an adapter having a first surface with connections configured to mate with the base connections, and a second surface with connections congruent with the base connections, and at least one second indicator. The marker includes an alignment target, h...