ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,764, issued on June 24, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Surgical path planning using artificial intelligence for feature detection" was invented by Ido Zucker (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automated path planning of a surgical procedure, such that the optimal approach is selected from among a series of potential choices. The system is configured to plan and carry out, using a robotic surgical system, access to a surgical site starting from selection of the skin entry point. The methods select the best surgical approach and plan the physical path for robotically perfo...