US Patent Issued to EPICA INTERNATIONAL on June 10 for "Method for determination of surgical procedure access" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,629, issued on June 10, was assigned to EPICA INTERNATIONAL INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Method for determination of surgical procedure access" was invented by Frank D'Amelio (San Clemente, Calif.), Gianluca Parrini (Cascina, Italy), Leonardo Manetti (Montevarchi, Italy), Damiano Fortuna (Montevarchi, Italy) and Denis Mattia De Micheli (Navacchio di Cascina, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assisting in the performance of a surgical procedure on a patient is disclosed. The method includes receiving an intra-operative CT scan image, generating a three-dimensional isotropic scaffold based on the intra-operative CT sca...