ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,360, issued on April 8, was assigned to Medtronic Navigation Inc. (Lafayette, Colo.).
"Manual hexapod locking mechanism" was invented by Drew Wilson (Louisville, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical alignment device including a base, a guide, and a plurality of linear actuators each extending between the base and the guide. The plurality of linear actuators include first ends connected to the base at base joints and second ends connected to the guide at guide joints. A locking arrangement is configured to simultaneously lock all of the base joints or simultaneously lock all of the guide joints."
The patent was filed on Ma...