ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,616, issued on April 8, was assigned to Exactech Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).
"Range of motion evaluation in orthopedic surgery" was invented by Pierre Couture (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method may be used to evaluate soft tissue. A hip joint evaluation may use an adjustable spacer, such as varying sized physical spacers or an inflatable bladder, along with a sensor to measure force, pressure, gap distance, or the like, for example during a range of motion test. A method may include using a maximum pressure during the range of motion test to determine a maximum pressure during the range of motion test. The max...