US Patent Issued to MARKSMAN TARGETING on Feb. 10 for "Collar device for mounting with an image receptor of a medical imaging system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,021, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MARKSMAN TARGETING INC. (San Diego).

"Collar device for mounting with an image receptor of a medical imaging system" was invented by Roy Anthony Brown (San Diego) and Kellen Van Ausdal (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure concerns a collar device configured for attachment with an image receptor of an X-ray or similar imaging system, the collar device including a radiolucent bar and linear light source, the combination of which being used for patient positioning, identification of surgical entry point and trajectory guidance of instrumentation."

The patent was filed on Feb. ...