US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Oct. 21 for "Robotic systems providing co-registration using natural fiducials and related methods" (Arizona, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,978, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Robotic systems providing co-registration using natural fiducials and related methods" was invented by Neil R. Crawford (Chandler, Ariz.) and Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may be provided to operate a medical system. First data may be provided for a first 3-dimensional (3D) image scan of an anatomical volume, with the first data identifying a blood vessel node in a first coordinate system for the first 3D image scan. Second data may be provided for a second 3D image scan of the anatomical volume, with the secon...