ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,772, issued on May 13, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for intra-operative image analysis" was invented by Noah D. Wollowick (Westport, Conn.) and Andrew J. Cooper (Largo, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system generates at le...