US Patent Issued to IX Innovation on March 24 for "Digital image analysis for robotic installation of surgical implants" (Arizona, Washington, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,480, issued on March 24, was assigned to IX Innovation LLC (Seattle).

"Digital image analysis for robotic installation of surgical implants" was invented by Jeffrey Roh (Seattle), Justin Esterberg (Mesa, Ariz.), John Cronin (Jericho, Vt.), Seth Cronin (Essex Junction, Vt.) and Michael John Baker (Georgia, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Computer-implemented digital image analysis methods, apparatuses, and systems for robotic installation of surgical implants are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus plans a route within an anatomy of a patient from an incision site to a surgical implant site for robotic installation of a surgical impl...