US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on June 3 for "Tracking device for hand tracking in surgical environment" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,148, issued on June 3, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Tracking device for hand tracking in surgical environment" was invented by Constantinos Nikou (Monroeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for tracking a hand within a surgical environment is disclosed. The system comprises a hand covering including an opening to receive the hand a plurality of trackable regions that each include at least one tracking feature. The system further comprises a tracking unit including one or more sensors configur...