ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,452, issued on April 15, was assigned to ConforMIS Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Surgical kit for tibial resection and replacement" was invented by Nam T. Chao (Marlborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various patient-specific tibial guide housings, patient-specific tibial guide boxes, and methods of resecting the tibial plateau are disclosed herein."

The patent was filed on July 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/347,047.

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