ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,015, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for assisting a surgeon and producing patient-specific medical devices" was invented by Jeffrey Roh (Seattle) and Justin Esterberg (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for assisting a surgeon with implant during a surgery are disclosed. A method includes defining areas of interest in diagnostic data of a patient and defining an implant type. Post defining the areas of interest, salient points are determined for the areas of interest. Successively, an XZ angle, an XY angle, and a position entry point for a...