US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Feb. 18 for "Methods and systems for fiducial marker deployment in medical procedures" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,267, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Methods and systems for fiducial marker deployment in medical procedures" was invented by Paul Alexander Torrie (Marblehead, Mass.), Philip A. Cormier (Newburyport, Mass.), Rafal Z. Jezierski (Candia, N.H.) and Nathan Zamarripa (Kittery Point, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A marker deployment system and method of operation are provided. The system includes a handle extending radially from and longitudinally along a main axis. A driver tube is cou...