ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,038, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE CAEN NORMANDIE (Caen, France).
"Surgical insertion guide" was invented by Emmanuel Micault (Caen, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personalized insertion guide for the mini-invasive insertion of a device through a target bone, includes a guide platform securable to a fixation bone, presenting an internal bone contact surface being a matching negative of the fixation bone surface in order to allow one single precise positioning of it. At least one insertion channel is configured to receive the device. At least one bone fixation structure secures the gui...