ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,174, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Australian Institute of Robotic Orthopaedics PTY LTD (Nedlands, Australia).
"Implant fit analysis" was invented by Riaz Jan Kjell Khan (Cottesloe, Australia), Daniel Paul Fick (Cottesloe, Australia), William Brett Robertson (North Fremantle, Australia), Richard Chipper (Mount Claremont, Australia) and Joshua Goncalves (Atwell, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for intraoperative implant fit analysis and longevity prediction for a prosthetic implant to be integrated with the physiological tissue of a patient, the method comprising the steps of: collection of data via a...