US Patent Issued to KEIO UNIVERSITY, NAKASHIMA HEALTHFORCE on Nov. 18 for "Tibial resection assisting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,931, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KEIO UNIVERSITY (Tokyo) and NAKASHIMA HEALTHFORCE Co. LTD. (Okayama, Japan).

"Tibial resection assisting device" was invented by Yasuo Niki (Shinjuku-ku, Japan), Keitaro Yamamoto (Okayama, Japan) and Takaaki Yabuki (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tibial resection assisting device includes: a femoral paddle including a first contact surface brought into contact with a resection surface of a distal portion of a femur; and a tibial paddle including a second contact surface brought into contact with a proximal portion of a tibia that is unresected. The femoral paddle is mounted to ...