ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,186, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).
"Surgical guide check" was invented by Andreas Geier (Gargazon, Italy) and Zachary B. Suttin (Jupiter, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a device for the simplified inspection of the compatibility of the positions of master tubes in a surgical guides with respect to the positions in a predetermined plan in a computer model. For example, during virtual planning, the virtual surgical guide includes master tubes having an axis that is the axis (e.g., an installation axis) along which a dental implant will be installed. The virtual surgical g...