US Patent Issued to Simplify Medical on Jan. 27 for "Robot assisted intervertebral disc prosthesis selection and implantation system" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,246, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Simplify Medical Pty Ltd (Paddington, Australia).

"Robot assisted intervertebral disc prosthesis selection and implantation system" was invented by Yves Arramon (Sunnyvale, Calif.), David Hovda (Mountain View, Calif.) and Michael Sherman (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for robotically assisted disc prosthesis selection and implantation. The system includes a 3D modeling system for creating a 3D model of first and second vertebra adjacent the intended surgical site and identifying and storing data for the positions of the first and second vertebrae...