US Patent Issued to OrthAlign on June 3 for "Systems and methods for joint replacement" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,313, issued on June 3, was assigned to OrthAlign Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for joint replacement" was invented by Nicholas van der Walt (Laguna Hills, Calif.), Charles Shapiro (Fountain Valley, Calif.), Richard Lane (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Matt Ryan (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device, a reference sensor device, and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical orientation device, reference sensor device, and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the bo...