ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,281, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Surgical instrument" was invented by Franz-Peter Firmbach (Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany), Svenja Anhorn (Heroldstatt, Germany) and Martin Nonnenmann (Wurmlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument for use in knee joint replacement surgery includes a first fastening device for fastening to a reference component attached to a distal femur, a second fastening device spaced apart distally from the first fastening device for fastening to a tibial cutting block for cutting guidance on a proximal tibia, a circular arc guide connected to the ...