US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on Sept. 9 for "Trackable protective packaging for tools and methods for calibrating tool installation using the same" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,990, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Trackable protective packaging for tools and methods for calibrating tool installation using the same" was invented by Roberto Montane (Lake Worth, Fla.), Brandt Williams (Plantation, Fla.), Seamus Gilhooley (Athenry, Ireland), Jonathan Mark Morgan (Biscayne Park, Fla.), Mark Palm (Davie, Fla.) and Michael Vu (Sunrise, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Navigation systems, methods and software for assisting in determining whether a tool is properly installed on a surgical device. A protective packaging retains the tool and has a trackable feature. The trac...