ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,089, issued on May 26, was assigned to Mazor Robotics Ltd. (Caesarea, Israel).
"Generic depth indicator for surgical navigational tools" was invented by Dany Junio (Brookline, Mass.) and Kornelis Poelstra (Destin, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth-indicating device for determining the depth of insertion of a surgical tool comprising a pair of spaced apart end caps, separated by a compressed spring, with the surgical tool passing through axial openings in both end caps, and firmly attached to one of the end caps, but free to slide through the opening in the other. A guide tube is attached to the second endcap, such that the s...