US Patent Issued to Stryker on May 12 for "System and method for arranging objects in an operating room in preparation for surgical procedures" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,812, issued on May 12, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"System and method for arranging objects in an operating room in preparation for surgical procedures" was invented by Jose Luis Moctezuma de la Barrera (Freiburg, Germany) and Donald W. Malackowski (Schoolcraft, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and software guide arrangement of a robotic system in an operating room. Controller(s) evaluate surgical procedure information and determine a desired placement of the robotic system in the operating room based on evaluation of the surgical procedure information. A localizer determines a current placemen...