ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,615, issued on June 16, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).

"Method, device, and system for image generation based on calculated robotic arm positions" was invented by Noam Weiss (Haifa, Israel) and Yizhaq Shmayahu (Ramat HaSharon, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, device, and system for obtaining time of flight images is provided. A surgical plan may be received and a first path for a first robotic arm and a second path for a second robotic arm may be determined based on the surgical plan. The first robotic arm may be caused to move on the first path and may be configured to hold a transducer. The s...