ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,109, issued on May 20, was assigned to EXPANDED EXISTENCE INC. (Windermere, Fla.).

"System and method for medical procedure optimization" was invented by Robert L. Masson (Windermere, Fla.), Raymond G. Oktavec (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Douglas Sonders (Ashburn, Va.) and Nicholas Cambata (Ashburn, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for optimizing execution of a medical procedure comprises obtaining medical procedure input associated with a medical practitioner identifier, a medical procedure identifier, and a medical procedure room identifier for execution of the medical procedure. A virtual image guidance for execution of the...