US Patent Issued to Aesculap on June 10 for "Multipurpose measurement instrument for use in a knee-joint replacement operation" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,751, issued on June 10, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).

"Multipurpose measurement instrument for use in a knee-joint replacement operation" was invented by Franz-Peter Firmbach (Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany) and Svenja Anhorn (Heroldstatt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement instrument for use in knee-joint replacement includes a rod and a first jaw. The first jaw has a first inner surface that bears on a front face of a bone resection. A slide is guided on the rod and has a second jaw. The second jaw has a second inner surface oriented counter to the first inner surface. The second inner surface be...