US Patent Issued to Materialise on March 25 for "Implant and guide" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,966, issued on March 25, was assigned to Materialise NV (Leuven, Belgium).

"Implant and guide" was invented by Guillaume Dubois (Chatillon, France), Patrick Goudot (Paris) and Thomas Schouman (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for configuring a surgical guide and an associated implant. The implant and surgical guide are for maxillofacial osteosynthesis. Three-dimensional models of the pre- and post-operative anatomy are used to define attachment points. These attachment points are used to determine a structure for the implant and surgical guide."

The patent was filed on July 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/362,650. ...