ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,712, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Augmedics Ltd. (Yokneam Illit, Israel).
"Rotating marker and adapter for image-guided surgery" was invented by Tomer Gera (Kfar-Tavor, Israel) and Nissan Elimelech (Beerotaim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patient marker (52) couples to an anchoring device (34) via a base (44) having a base axis, base connections and a first indicator (168). The marker includes: an adapter (40) having a first surface with connections configured to mate with the base connections, and a second surface with connections congruent with the base connections, and at least one second indicator (172). The marker...