ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,163, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Formus Labs Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Orthopaedic pre-operative planning system" was invented by Thor Franciscus Besier (Auckland, New Zealand), Ju Zhang (Auckland, New Zealand) and Antonije Velevski (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining one or more of selection, positioning or placement of a surgical implant, the method includes: predicting function of an impaired anatomical structure in an unimpaired condition; predicting post-operative function of the structure for one or more implants; selecting one or more of the implant, the implant position, ...