US Patent Issued to Ortho AI on Feb. 18 for "System and method for predicting a need for arthroplasty" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,958, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Ortho AI LLC (New York).

"System and method for predicting a need for arthroplasty" was invented by Jonathan Vigdorchik (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Seth Jerabek (Pelham, N.Y.) and David Mayman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method configured to better identify patient-specific anatomical landmarks, measure anatomical parameters and features, and predict the patient's need for surgery within a predetermined time period. In some embodiments, the system and method is configured to predict the likelihood or risk that a patient will require total hip arthroplasty. In some embodiments, t...