ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,520, issued on April 15, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).
"System and method for manipulating an anatomy" was invented by David Gene Bowling (Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, N.M.), John Michael Stuart (Rio Rancho, N.M.), Jerry A. Culp (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Donald W. Malackowski (Schoolcraft, Mich.), Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera (Freiburg, Germany), Patrick Roessler (Merzhausen, Germany) and Joel N. Beer (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical systems and methods for manipulating an anatomy includes a surgical tool, a robotic manipulator configured to support and move the surgical tool, and controll...