ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,090, issued on July 1, was assigned to POINT ROBOTICS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Navigation method and navigation system for surgical instrument" was invented by Chia-Ho Yen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation method and a navigation system for a surgical instrument are provided. The navigation method includes: setting a predetermined surgical path; measuring a position and an orientation of the surgical instrument through a positioning unit, in which the surgical instrument has a transmission mechanism and an operating end; measuring a stress condition of the operating end of the surgical inst...