US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Jan. 13 for "System and method for reducing interference in positional sensors for robotic surgery" (Michigan, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,187, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"System and method for reducing interference in positional sensors for robotic surgery" was invented by Peter L. Bono (Bingham Farms, Mich.), James D. Lark (West Bloomfield, Mich.), John S. Scales (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Thomas J. Lord (South Milwaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention involves a system and method for increasing positional accuracy of surgical systems that utilize magnetic or electromagnetic sensors to provide positional awareness to a surgeon or robot performing the surgery. The system takes advantage of electromagnetic track...