US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on Aug. 26 for "Triggering an acquisition during mixed-reality headset-based navigation" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,550, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Triggering an acquisition during mixed-reality headset-based navigation" was invented by Nicolas Demanget (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method(s) and device(s) are described herein for mixed-reality (MR) headset-based navigation during a surgical procedure. For example, a surgeon or other medical professional may use a pointer during a surgical procedure to acquire a location of a patient's anatomical landmark. A virtual button may be overlaid on an array of the pointer, and may follow the motion of the pointer if the pointer ...