{
  "patent_number": "US 12069233",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Augmented Reality Glasses for Guiding Surgeons",
  "original_title": "Head-mounted augmented reality near eye display device",
  "summary": "This patent describes a head-mounted augmented reality display, like smart glasses, specifically designed to help surgeons by overlaying digital patient data and markers directly onto their view of the patient during medical procedures.",
  "what_it_does": "The device is a head-mounted display, such as smart glasses or a helmet (claims 2, 3), worn by a user, likely a surgeon. It features two optical combiners, one for each eye, that allow the user to see through them to the real world, including a \"portion of a region of interest of a patient\" (claim 1). Simultaneously, two micro-projectors display digital images from a database onto these combiners. Lenses then make these projected images appear in focus at about 50 cm, seemingly floating in the real world (claim 1). An infrared sensor tracks physical markers placed near the patient's area of interest, allowing the system to accurately align the digital information with the real anatomy (claim 1). For example, a surgeon could see a 3D model of a patient's spine overlaid precisely on the patient's back during a spinal fusion surgery.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Augmented reality displays not specifically configured to facilitate a medical procedure.",
    "Head-mounted AR devices that do not include an infrared sensor for tracking markers near a patient's region of interest.",
    "AR systems where the projected image is not adapted to be in focus at approximately 50 cm.",
    "AR displays where the optical combiners cannot tilt downwards at an angle of up to 40 degrees from horizontal.",
    "General AR glasses used for gaming, navigation, or industrial maintenance outside of medical procedures."
  ],
  "filed": "2023-08-04",
  "granted": "2024-08-20",
  "expires": "2043-08-04",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Augmedics",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/augmedics",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Nissan Elimelech",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/nissan-elimelech"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nessi Benishti",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/nessi-benishti"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stuart Wolf",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/stuart-wolf"
    },
    {
      "name": "Elazar Gerland",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/elazar-gerland"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 14,
  "tags": [
    "medical",
    "software",
    "consumer_electronics",
    "augmented_reality",
    "biotech"
  ],
  "abstract": "Disclosed herein is a near eye assembly having a retaining structure (e.g., a spectacle frame or head up display mounted on a helmet) that is configured to be positioned in proximity to the eye of a user of the assembly. An optical combiner may be mounted on the retaining structure in front of the user eye. The optical combiner may at least partially transmit elements of a scene in front of the assembly through the combiner. In addition, the optical combiner may receive a visible radiation transmission derived from a scene, and/or a visual transmission such as a presentation of data or a marker, and redirect the transmission back to the user's eye.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12069233/head-mounted-augmented-reality-near-eye-display-device",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/12069233/head-mounted-augmented-reality-near-eye-display-device/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12069233",
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