US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Oct. 7 for "Orthognathic implant and methods of use" (Swiss, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,605, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Orthognathic implant and methods of use" was invented by Andre Furrer (Luterkofen, Switzerland), Timo Zillig (Moehlin, Switzerland) and Frank Wilde (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for use in orthognathic surgery of a mandible may include a longitudinal plate member and a plurality of pre-configured guides coupled to the plate member. The longitudinal plate member is pre-bent to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible; and the guides are pre-configured to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant ...