ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,064, issued on Nov. 18.
"Mandibular reconstruction systems and methods" was invented by Jason D. Toranto (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments of the presently disclosed technology, a neo-mandible is provided. The neo-mandible may comprise: (1) a first bone graft; (2) a second bone graft abutting the first bone graft to form a triangular recess between the first and second bone grafts; and (3) a triangular plate attached to the first and second bone grafts, wherein the triangular plate is nested within the triangular recess between the first and second bone grafts such that the triangular plate does not pro...