US Patent Issued to Circinus Medical Technology on Jan. 20 for "System and method using augmented reality with shape alignment for medical device placement" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,628, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Circinus Medical Technology LLC (Concord, Mass.).

"System and method using augmented reality with shape alignment for medical device placement" was invented by John K. Dorman (Midland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and techniques for using an augmented reality device for determining an orientation of an instrument for inserting a medical device are provided. One such method includes simulating an insertion point and an orientation of a simulated surgical hardware installation on a diagnostic representation of a bone, and using an augmented reality based electronic device to align...