US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on Feb. 24 for "Clamping tool mounted registration marker for orthopedic surgical procedures" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,138, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Clamping tool mounted registration marker for orthopedic surgical procedures" was invented by Sergii Poltaretskyi (Ependes FR, Switzerland), Nicolas Neichel (Le Sappey en Chartreuse, France) and Philippe Collin (Saint-Gregoire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system includes a clamping tool including opposable surfaces configured to rest on and bear against a surface of a bone; and a registration marker of a mixed reality surgery system, the registration marker attached to the clamping tool."

The patent was filed on June 13, 2022, und...