ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,141, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Augmented reality surgical technique guidance" was invented by John R. White (Winona Lake, Ind.), Seth Anderson Nash (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Annelise Galloway (Winona Lake, Ind.), Jody L. Claypool (Warsaw, Ind.) and J. Scott Owens (East Sparta, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for using augmented reality device for use during a surgical procedure are described. A system may include an augmented reality device to present a virtual indication, such as a virtual indication of a surgical instrument, a force vector, a direction, or the like. The augmen...