IP Library Granted Patent US 1,093,608
Granted Patent S1
US 1,093,608 · App. 29/847,931 · Granted Sep 16, 2025

Fiducial marker with a flat top for computer-assisted surgery

Inventors: Nathan Zamarripa (Kittery Point, ME); Philip A. Cormier (Newburyport, MA); Rafal Z. Jezierski (Candia, NH); Luis Carlos Fial Teixeira Ribeiro (Coimbra, PT); Rui Jorge Melo Teixeira (Tondela, PT); João Pedro de Almeida Barreto (Coimbra, PT)
Assignees: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG; SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 1,093,608
App. No.
29/847,931
Granted
Sep 16, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a fiducial marker with a flat top for computer-assisted surgery, as shown and described.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE AND ATTACHMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 062310 FRAME: 0062. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 11, 2023
From: BARRETO, JOAO PEDRO DE ALMEIDA
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 062354/0173 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2023
From: BARRETO, JOAO PEDRO DE ALMEIDA
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 062310/0062 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: ZAMARRIPA, NATHAN; CORMIER, PHILIP A.; JEZIERSKI, RAFAL Z.; RIBEIRO, LUIS CARLOS FIAL TEIXEIRA; TEIXEIRA, RUI JORGE MELO
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
Reel/Frame 061117/0619 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.
To: SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.; SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG; SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061120/0039 →
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