US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on Nov. 11 for "Surgical registration tools, systems, and methods of use in computer-assisted surgery" (New Jersey, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,427, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp..

"Surgical registration tools, systems, and methods of use in computer-assisted surgery" was invented by Jordan Kayal (Mahwah, N.J.), Jason Lansdown (Ridgewood, N.J.), Eric Branch (Weston, Fla.), Ken Trimmer (Lavallette, N.J.) and Kristen Shaughnessy (Ridgewood, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical registration tool including a bone engagement structure comprising a distal condyle abutment structure, at least one posterior condyle abutment structure, a side condyle abutment structure, and an anterior shaft abutment structure. The distal condyle abutment structure i...