US Patent Issued to Unik Orthopedics on May 6 for "Methods and systems for bone mounted robotic-assisted hip and shoulder surgical systems" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,270, issued on May 6, was assigned to Unik Orthopedics Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for bone mounted robotic-assisted hip and shoulder surgical systems" was invented by Charlie Wen-Ren Chi (Milpitas, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of present disclosures involve systems, methods, and apparatus for a bone mounted robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery system for precise implant position, soft tissue balancing, and guidance of tools during a surgical procedure, particularly partial or total knee replacement procedure. The system features a bone-mounted robotic arm with an end-effector for precise positioning...