ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,467, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to XIRONETIC LLC.
"Systems and methods for augmented reality-aided implant placement" was invented by Jeffrey Potts (Oklahoma City) and Brandon Strong (Emeryville, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system calculates a difference in position and orientation between a first physical marker attached to an implant and a second physical marker attached to a calibration rig comprising a physical replica of an anatomical portion of a patient where the implant is to be placed. The system generates, for display using the AR device, a three-dimensional representation of medical imaging data overlaid on ...