ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,440, issued on April 14, was assigned to Point Robotics Medtech Inc. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
"Adjustable marker reference device" was invented by Chao-Wei Wu (Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Ting-Yun Fang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable marker reference device for identifying surgical instruments includes a base, an upper cover, a set of connecting rods, markers and a fixing button. The base has a first groove, and the upper cover has a second groove. The set of connecting rods is disposed between the base and the upper cover, and has two movable ends and a pivot point. The fixing button extends th...