US Patent Issued to MAKO Surgical on Feb. 17 for "Connector assembly and method for attaching a tracker body to a tracker support arm" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,292, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to MAKO Surgical Corp. (Weston, Fla.).

"Connector assembly and method for attaching a tracker body to a tracker support arm" was invented by Timothy Wade Perez (Plantation, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector assembly for attaching a tracker body to a tracker support arm. The connector assembly includes a receiver coupled to the tracker body and defining a cavity. The connector assembly includes a key coupled to the tracker support arm and including a loading surface. The key is insertable into the cavity of the receiver. The connector assembly includes a preloading mechanism operably ...