US Patent Issued to LABORATOIRES BODYCAD on Aug. 26 for "Surgical kit for knee osteotomies and corresponding preoperative planning method" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,796, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"Surgical kit for knee osteotomies and corresponding preoperative planning method" was invented by Jean Robichaud (Quebec, Canada), Hugo Robichaud (Quebec, Canada) and Geoffroy Rivet-Sabourin (Stoneham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, a preoperative planning method for a high-tibial knee osteotomy procedure is provided. The method includes: a) constructing a 3D model of a patient's bones; b) analyzing the 3D model to select a desired correction angle to apply to the patient's tibia bone to adjust a mechanical axis thereof...