US Patent Issued to Exactech on Aug. 12 for "Computer-based platform for implementing an intra-operative surgical plan during a total joint arthroplasty" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,338, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Exactech Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Computer-based platform for implementing an intra-operative surgical plan during a total joint arthroplasty" was invented by Laurent Angibaud (Gainesville, Fla.) and Cyril Hamad (Meylan, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes receiving by a controller, a surgeon-specific surgery profile for an implantation of an implant into a joint, implant profiles, a patient-specific post-surgery desired functional profile of the joint after the implantation, and bone registration data for a first bone member and a second bone member of a patient are input...