ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,591, issued on June 10, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Osteotomy guide" was invented by Qiang Xu (Suzhou, China), Wenhao Qi (Suzhou, China), Mingjun Zhang (Suzhou, China), Weiwei Xiang (Suzhou, China) and Xiaolong Wang (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An osteotomy guide (100) includes an inner surface (102) that faces the bone (300), and an outer surface (104) opposite the inner surface (102) along an outward direction (Do). The inner surface (102) defines proximal and distal bone contacting regions (118,120) that are spaced from one another by a gap (124) that extends into the inner surfa...