ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,173, issued on March 18, was assigned to HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES PERFORMANCE COMPANY Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).
"Markerless navigation using AI computer vision" was invented by Thomas Harte (London) and Huy Quoc Phan (Fleet, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are devices, systems, and methods for a three-dimensional registering, tracking, and/or guiding an object of interest, such a body part, a surgical tool, or an implant, during a surgical procedure. Such devices, systems, and methods may offer minimally invasive, high precision registering, tracking, and/or guiding of the object of interest using a p...