US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Nov. 11 for "Markerless navigation system" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,429, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Markerless navigation system" was invented by Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh), Daniel Farley (Memphis, Tenn.), Darren J. Wilson (Hull, Great Britain), Carlos Rodriguez (Miami), Constantinos Nikou (Monroeville, Pa.) and Xuanye Wang (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system and method for markerless intraoperative navigation is provided. The system can includes a structured light system that can be utilized to intraoperatively sense ...