ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,010, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Robot assisted rod bending" was invented by Eric Finley (San Diego) and Thomas Scholl (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for robotic assisted surgery. The method includes capturing a plurality of poses of a surgical tool coupled to a robotic device at a surgical site. The plurality of poses correspond to instances of a final placement of surgical implants at the surgical site. The method also includes determining a plurality of positions of the surgical implants located at the surgical site based on the captured plurality of poses. The method also inclu...