ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,930, issued on Nov. 18.
"Tibial alignment guide and cutting system" was invented by Christopher Hyer (Bozeman, Mont.) and Thomas Roukis (Winter Garden, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a patient specific instrumentation for a total ankle replacement. The system is comprised of a device primarily comprised of a device front face; a device rear face opposite the front face that may be configured to face a human tibia; a device thickness extending from the device front face to the device rear face; a device top; a device bottom that may configured to be positioned over a user's foot; a device height e...