ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,677, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Surgical planning systems and methods with postoperative feedback loops" was invented by Nick Metcalfe (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Ryan Megger (Chagrin Falls, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved surgical planning systems and methods are provided for planning orthopaedic procedures, including pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and/or post-operatively to create, edit, execute, and/or review surgical plans. The surgical planning systems and methods may be utilized for planning and implementing orthopaedic procedures to restore functionality to a joint. In some ...