ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,142, issued on March 18, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Systems and methods for performing spine surgery" was invented by Thomas Scholl (San Diego) and DJ Geiger (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digitizer pointer is provided as part of a system for correcting a curvature or deformity in a patient's spine based on the digitized locations of implanted screws and tracking the placement of the rod as it is placed in a minimally invasive fashion. The digitizer pointer includes an offset adjustment feature, a swivel feature, and a translation feature."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2021, under Application No. 1...