ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,519, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Dignity Health (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for a stereotactic coordinate adjuster" was invented by Francisco Ponce (San Francisco), Baltazar Zavala (San Francisco) and Dakota Graham (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a stereotactic coordinate adjuster system and associated method for positional adjustment of components of a stereotactic system are disclosed herein. The system provides fine adjustment to the stereotactic system by providing form-fitting components that encapsulate components of the stereotactic system and allow for fine positional adju...