US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on July 29 for "Smart surgical instrument patch, instruments, and methods of application" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,064, issued on July 29, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Smart surgical instrument patch, instruments, and methods of application" was invented by Catherine Krawiec (Conshohocken, Pa.), Mary Siepierski (Bradford, Pa.) and Jared Carboy (Phoenixville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Smart surgical instrument patches, instruments, systems, and methods. The smart surgical instrument patch may include a flexible substrate with electronic components electronically connected to one another. The electronic components may include one or more sensors, a processor, a power source, and a wireless communication unit. The pa...