US Patent Issued to National Guard Health Affairs, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdullah International Medical Research Center on Dec. 9 for "Combined sub-iliopsoas and subpectineal blocks-for hip surgery" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,952, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to National Guard Health Affairs (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Combined sub-iliopsoas and subpectineal blocks-for hip surgery" was invented by Mohammed Al Harbi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Rahul Guru (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Sheelaj Sharma (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Khaled Al Attas (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for applying a regional block of the articular sensory branch of femoral (FN), obturator (ON) and accessory obtur...