US Patent Issued to KB Medical on May 13 for "Apparatus, systems, and methods for precise guidance of surgical tools" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,676, issued on May 13, was assigned to KB Medical SA (Audubon, Pa.).

"Apparatus, systems, and methods for precise guidance of surgical tools" was invented by Szymon Kostrzewski (Lausanne, Switzerland), Olivier Chappuis (Lutry, Switzerland), Billy Nussbaumer (Preverenges, Switzerland), Daniel Gehriger (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Roderik Berthelin (La Chapelle Rambaud, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems, apparatus, and methods for precise placement and guidance of tools during a surgical procedure, particularly a spinal surgical procedure. The system features a portable robot arm with end effector for pr...