US Patent Issued to VUZE MEDICAL on Feb. 24 for "Apparatus and methods for use with image-guided skeletal procedures" (Israeli Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,165, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VUZE MEDICAL LTD. (Tel Aviv, Israel).

"Apparatus and methods for use with image-guided skeletal procedures" was invented by David Tolkowsky (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Radiopaque elements are positioned with respect to a subject's body. Using two x-rays from respective views of the radiopaque elements and a skeletal portion within the body, the location of the radiopaque elements with respect to 3D image data of the skeletal portion is determined. The location of the radiopaque elements within an optical image is identified. The 3D image data is overlaid upon the optical im...