ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,424, issued on July 15, was assigned to NEOCIS INC. (Miami).

"Splint device for guided surgical robot" was invented by Uday N. Reebye (Durham, N.C.), Mauro Fittipaldi (Miami), Alon Mozes (Miami Beach, Fla.), Juan Salcedo (Miami), David Paul Lustbader (Canton, Mass.) and Richard Prentice Boyle (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splint device for guided robotic surgery, includes an arcuate splint body having first and second ends and opposing concave and convex surfaces. The splint body defines a plurality of holes spaced apart between the first and second ends, with each hole extending between the concave and convex sur...