ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,376, issued on Nov. 4.

"Reusable and adjustable surgical jig system for mandible tumor resection and reconstruction" was invented by Sandeep Wasudeorao Dahake (Nagpur, India), Megha Sanket Kulkarni (New Delhi), Bhushan Dnyaneshwar Tayade (Nagpur, India), Abhaykumar Madhusudan Kuthe (Nagpur, India) and Sayyad Ammar Sayyad Mushtaque (Buldhana, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a reusable and adjustable surgical jig system (100) for mandible tumor resection and reconstruction. The system 100 comprises base plates (1), L-shaped fixation plate (7), a straight-cut guiding member (10) and an angular-cut gu...