US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on July 29 for "Robotic surgery system for augmented arthroplasty procedures" (North Carolina, Ohio, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,061, issued on July 29, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Robotic surgery system for augmented arthroplasty procedures" was invented by Matthew Thompson (Durham, N.C.), Varun Chandra (Weston, Fla.), Mark Nadzadi (Batavia, Ohio), Christine Perrone (Weston, Fla.) and Garrett Joyal (Weston, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes obtaining a surgical plan comprising a first planned position of an implant and a second planned position of an augment relative to a bone. The augment is planned to provide support between the bone and the implant. The method also includes preparing the bone to receive both the...