US Patent Issued to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION on June 30 for "System and method for association of a guiding aid with a patient tissue" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,375, issued on June 30, was assigned to THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (Cleveland).

"System and method for association of a guiding aid with a patient tissue" was invented by Joseph P. Iannotti (Strongsville, Ohio), Wael K. Barsoum (Bay Village, Ohio), Jason A. Bryan (Avon Lake, Ohio) and Peter D. O'Neill (Shaker Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide for placing a landmark(s) in a patient tissue comprises a central portion defining at least one guiding bore configured to receive and guide a tool for placing the at least one landmark in the patient tissue. Extended portions project away from the central portion, each o...