ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,015, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Robotic surgical systems and methods" was invented by Szymon Kostrzewski (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to robotic surgical systems for improving surgical procedures. In certain embodiments, the disclosed technology relates to robotic surgical systems for use in osteotomy procedures in which bone is cut to shorten, lengthen, or change alignment of a bone structure. The osteotome, an instrument for removing parts of the vertebra, is guided by the surgical instrument guide which is held by the robot. In c...