ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,951, issued on March 31, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Patient-specific implant design and manufacturing system with a surgical implant positioning manager" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.), Rodrigo Junqueira Nicolau (Cardiff, Calif.), Syed Shariq Hussain (Vista, Calif.), Jeffery Pennal (San Diego) and Matthew Chen (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for designing and implementing patient-specific surgical procedures and/or medical devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving intra-operative data during a surgical procedure to install a p...