ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,033, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NEOCIS INC. (Miami).
"Splint device forming a fiducial marker co- operable with a guidance system of a robot" was invented by Alon Mozes (Miami Beach, Fla.), Uday Reebye (Durham, N.C.), Juan Salcedo (Coral Gables, Fla.) and Mauro Fittipaldi (Miami).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splint device (100) co-operable with a guidance system of a robot is provided. In some aspects, a splint body (200) is fixedly coupled to a first object (102) disposed within a pliable housing (104) defining an opening. The splint body includes a laterally-extending medial portion (202) having opposed lateral sides (204,...