US Patent Issued to PACIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE CONSULTING on July 29 for "Self-locating, active markers for navigated, augmented reality, or robotic surgery" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,987, issued on July 29, was assigned to PACIFIC MEDICAL DEVICE CONSULTING LLC (Vashon, Wash.).

"Self-locating, active markers for navigated, augmented reality, or robotic surgery" was invented by Dennis Chien (Vashon, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Self-locating active markers (SLAMs) can locate themselves with respect to patient's internal anatomy and be physically located and visible in an operating room (OR) coordinate space, which can increase precision of co-registration between augmented reality (AR) systems and medical imaging. Each SLAM may include 9-axis accelerometers and ultrasound technology to locate themselves by ...