US Patent Issued to TrackX Technology on Aug. 11 for "Imaging system and method for image localization of surgical effectors using C-arm characterization parameters" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,368, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to TrackX Technology Inc. (Hillsborough, N.C.).

"Imaging system and method for image localization of surgical effectors using C-arm characterization parameters" was invented by Robert E. Isaacs (Chapel Hill, N.C.), Samuel Morris Johnston (Durham, N.C.), David A. Skwerer (Raleigh, N.C.) and Randall Campbell (Hillsborough, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for acquiring an X-ray image of anatomical features and surgical effectors in a surgical space of a patient includes detecting a particular pose of a particular C-arm used to acquire the X-ray of the surgical space. Characterization par...