US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Jan. 28 for "Systems and methods for intraoperatively measuring anatomical orientation" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,913, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for intraoperatively measuring anatomical orientation" was invented by Dennis Chien (West Chester, Pa.) and Michael J. O'Neil (West Barnstable, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed in which changes in the position and/or orientation of an anatomical structure or of a surgical tool can be measured quantitatively during surgery. In some embodiments, a surgical electronic module can be configured to attach to a surgical device, to continually detect changes in a position and/or orientation of the s...