ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,697, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to MedTech S.A. (Montpellier, France).
"Robotic shoulder repair and reconstruction" was invented by Orsa Britton (Warsaw, Ind.) and Pierre Couture (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and surgical system for performing a surgical procedure. The surgical system includes a robotic system with a robotic arm having a surgical instrument attached thereto. A computer system of the robotic system receives at least one image and forms a model of a surgical area. A computer operated tracking system of the robotic system obtains position data related to a patient's bone from tracking elements....