ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,629, issued on May 13, was assigned to Movora LLC (Boston).
"Tibial plateau leveling osteotomy plate with offset" was invented by Robert Mark Daye (Medina, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The device is a tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO) plate is used to stabilize a stifle joint in an animal in veterinary surgery after a torn cranial cruciate ligament. The TPLO plate has a proximal portion and a distal portion, connected by an offset portion. The proximal portion and at least a portion of the distal portion are formed on two parallel planes."
The patent was filed on Sept. 21, 2020, under Application No. 17/026,931.
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