ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,757, issued on May 12, was assigned to PROCEPT BioRobotics Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).

"User interface for three dimensional imaging and treatment" was invented by Qingxiang Ke (San Jose, Calif.), Peter Bentley (Reno, Nev.) and Nishey Wanchoo (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface presents a 3D view of the tissue and treatment plan. The 3D view comprises a plurality of transverse images arranged along a one or more longitudinal images. The user adjusts the treatment profile with input to the user interface, and an updated treatment profile is shown on the other views. The user to one or more of zoom, pan,...