US Patent Issued to ClearPoint Neuro on Nov. 3 for "Automated method for determining the safety of a stereotactic surgical trajectory" (Massachusetts, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,686, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ClearPoint Neuro Inc. (Solana Beach, Calif.).

"Automated method for determining the safety of a stereotactic surgical trajectory" was invented by Damon Hyde (Somerville, Mass.), Chen Li (Plainfield, Ohio) and Lyubomir Zagorchev (Burlington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods provide a neurosurgeon with real-time feedback on safety of prospective surgical trajectories, which can simultaneously reduce surgical intervention times and improve patient safety. Examples can determine a level of safety for a prospective surgical trajectory by determining a number of times that a pro...