ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,027, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Materialise N.V. (Leuven, Belgium).
"Augmented reality assisted joint arthroplasty" was invented by Pieter Slagmolen (Leuven, Belgium), Katrien Plessers (Leuven, Belgium), Filip Jonkergouw (Leuven, Belgium), Anneleen Van Assche (Leuven, Belgium), Rosalien Marien (Leuven, Belgium), Durva Gajjar (Leuven, Belgium), Chloe Dela Ruelle (Leuven, Belgium), Nele Daemen (Leuven, Belgium), Roel Wirix-Speetjens (Leuven, Belgium), Brecht Heyde (Leuven, Belgium), Sanne Willekens (Leuven, Belgium) and Ben Geebelen (Leuven, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods of providing augmented reality...