ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,961, issued on April 1, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Ultrasonic robotic surgical navigation" was invented by Neil Crawford (Chandler, Ariz.), Paden Troxell (Curwensville, Pa.), Dale Earle (Derry, N.H.), Michael Robinson (Concord, N.H.), Keiichi Matsuda (London) and Isaac Dulin (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical robot systems, anatomical structure tracker apparatuses, and US transducer apparatuses are disclosed. A surgical robot system includes a robot, a US transducer, and at least one processor. The robot includes a robot base, a robot arm coupled to the robot base, and an end-effector...