US Patent Issued to Carlsmed on March 11 for "Systems and methods for orthopedic implant fixation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,952, issued on March 11, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for orthopedic implant fixation" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Michael J. Cordonnier (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personalized fixation system includes a surgical planning software tool configured to adjust relationships of relevant anatomy of a subject, at least one bone anchor, a plate having a shape that does not conform to a single plane, the plate configured to accept the at least one bone anchor, wherein the shape of the plate is at least partially determined by the surgical plannin...