ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,695, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to XIANGYA HOSPITAL OF CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY (Changsha, China) and NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Ningbo, China).
"Stackable quick-release apparatus and surgical navigation system" was invented by Ye Liang (Changsha, China), Canhua Jiang (Changsha, China), Jiaji Zhang (Ningbo, China), Guokun Zuo (Ningbo, China), Tao Song (Ningbo, China), Cong Xiao (Ningbo, China), Yutian Zheng (Changsha, China), Binzhu Wang (Changsha, China), Shouhui Huang (Changsha, China) and Ai Jian (Changsha, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stackable quick-release...