ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,093, issued on May 26, was assigned to KB Medical SA (Audubon, Pa.).
"Robotic system and method for spinal and other surgeries" was invented by Szymon Kostrzewski (Lausanne, Switzerland), Philippe Berard (Chavannes-pres-Renens, Switzerland), Charles Baur (Saint-Aubin-Sauges, Switzerland), John Michael Duff (La Croix-sur-Lutry, Switzerland) and Kishore Sandu (Savigny, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a...