ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,740, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to DDS Co. Inc. (Durham, N.C.).
"Navigation-guided surgery fixation (NGSF) kit or system and method of using same" was invented by Cornelis J. Janse Van Rensburg (Durham, N.C.), Matthew Vrhovac (Durham, N.C.), Richard Meaney (Durham, N.C.) and Louis Costanzo (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation-guided surgery fixation (NGSF) system. The NGSF system may include a fixation member for fixating an intraoral surgical guide. The fixation member may include a shank portion and a shaft portion, the shaft portion extending out from an end portion of the shank portion, and wherein the s...