ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,479, issued on April 29, was assigned to SURGTIME INC. (Burbank, Calif.).
"System and method for teaching a surgical procedure" was invented by William B. Stetson (Burbank, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of teaching a surgical procedure includes transmitting a first video, from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, of a surgeon in an operating room performing the surgical procedure on a patient with at least one surgical instrument. The method also includes transmitting a second video, from the first location to the second location, of the surgical instrument during the surgical procedur...