ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,173, issued on May 27, was assigned to IotaMotion Inc. (Iowa City, Iowa).
"Modular implant delivery and positioning system" was invented by Christopher Kaufmann (Iowa City, Iowa), Adam Hahn (Pittsburgh), Allan Henslee (Houston), Marlan Hansen (Solon, Iowa) and Eric Timko (Wayzata, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods for robotically assisted implantation of an implant in a patient. A system includes an external positioning unit configured to engage an elongate member of the implant, and a control console communicatively coupled to the external positioning unit. The cont...