US Patent Issued to Medos International on May 27 for "Assembly for coupling a patient reference array to a medical implant such as a pedicle screw" (Swiss, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,672, issued on May 27, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Assembly for coupling a patient reference array to a medical implant such as a pedicle screw" was invented by James Murray (Quincy, Mass.), Marc Puls (Thorigen, Switzerland), Daniel Thommen (Liestal, Switzerland), Jorn Richter (Kandern, Germany) and Nicholas Pavento (North Attleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a system attaches a patient reference array of a computer-assisted surgery system to a patient. The system includes a fixation post having a shaft having proximal and distal ends that are offset from. A threaded...