ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,344, issued on March 4, was assigned to OrthAlign Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for joint replacement" was invented by Nicholas van der Walt (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Santiago P. Borja (Tucson, Ariz.).
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 and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical orientation device and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the body, to adjust an orientation of a cutting plane or planes along a bony surface, to distract a joint, or to otherwise assi...