ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,404, issued on April 8, was assigned to 360 Knee Systems Pty Ltd. (Philadelphia).
"Positioning guide system with sensor" was invented by Jason Keith Hogan (New South Wales, Australia), Willy Theodore (New South Wales, Australia), Brad Peter Miles (New South Wales, Australia) and Peter O'Connor (New South Wales, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positioning guide system for guiding a surgical tool comprising a positioning guide and a user interface. The positioning guide comprising: an interface to correspond to a plurality of anatomic landmarks of a patient; a plurality of sensors to provide an output indicative of the proxi...