US Patent Issued to Stephen Murphy on Feb. 10 for "Systems and methods for registering and tracking anatomical structures" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,155, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Stephen Murphy (Winchester, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for registering and tracking anatomical structures" was invented by Stephen B. Murphy (Winchester, Mass.) and Douglas E. Hudson (Hopkinton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument registers and tracks a portion of a patient's anatomy by an Augmented Reality (AR) device worn by a surgeon during a surgical procedure. The instrument may be attached to the patient's anatomy. The instrument may be a tripod with a platform. A target plate having front and back faces may be securely attached to the platform. A two-dimensional (2D) cod...