US Patent Issued to TAIWAN MAIN ORTHOPAEDIC BIOTECHNOLOGY on March 18 for "Surgical navigation system, and imaging method of the same" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,681, issued on March 18, was assigned to TAIWAN MAIN ORTHOPAEDIC BIOTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Surgical navigation system, and imaging method of the same" was invented by Min-Liang Wang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical navigation system includes a first tracking unit, a second tracking unit and a processing unit. The first tracking unit captures a first infrared image of a position identification unit that includes a reference target fixed on a patient and an instrument target disposed on a surgical instrument. The second tracking unit captures a second infrared image of the position identifi...