ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,490, issued on March 24, was assigned to Mendaera Inc. (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Real time image guided portable robotic intervention system" was invented by Jason Tomas Wilson (San Carlos, Calif.), Kevin Christopher Chu (San Carlos, Calif.), Benjamin Joseph Greer (Golden, Colo.), Alexander Tarek Hassan (San Francisco), Joshua Francis DeFonzo (San Carlos, Calif.), Erica Ding Chin (Mountain View, Calif.), Aren Calder Hill (Mountain View, Calif.) and Trent Michael Callan (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image-guided robotic intervention system ("IGRIS") may be used to perform medical procedures on patients. IGRIS provides...