US Patent Issued to Mazor Robotics on July 21 for "Systems and methods for rod insertion planning and rod insertion" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,591, issued on July 21, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Systems and methods for rod insertion planning and rod insertion" was invented by Dany Junio (Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for calculating an insertion point and a path for a rod are provided. A surgical plan having at least one image and information about a position of at least one tower may be received. The at least one image may depict a surgical region. A soft tissue portion and at least one anatomical element may be identified in the at least one image. An insertion point and a path from the insertion poi...