US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on March 24 for "Systems, devices and methods for enhancing operative accuracy using inertial measurement units" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,331, issued on March 24, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Systems, devices and methods for enhancing operative accuracy using inertial measurement units" was invented by William Frasier (New Bedford, Mass.), Dennis Chien (West Chester, Pa.), Marc Puls (Landschaft, Switzerland) and Mark Hall (Bridgewater, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Accuracy enhancing systems, devices and methods are provided using data obtained from inertial measurement units (IMUs). IMUs are provided on one or more of a patient, surgical table, surgical instruments, imaging devices, navigation systems, and the like. Data from ...