US Patent Issued to ORTHOPATENT on Oct. 7 for "Systems and methods for monitoring the cure of PMMA bone cement during surgery" (Virginia, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,655, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ORTHOPATENT LLC (Cincinnati).

"Systems and methods for monitoring the cure of PMMA bone cement during surgery" was invented by Daniel A. Funk (Cincinnati) and Quang-Viet Nguyen (Aldie, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a system which determines the cure status of bone cement which is then used in making surgical decisions on the cement use and further comprises a system for aiding in securing an implant to a bone using a cured grout or bone cement. The system includes a device which comprises a frequency sensor joined to a circuit to monitor one or more frequency signals,...