ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,926, issued on July 29, was assigned to ORTHOSOFT ULC (Montreal).

"Computer-assisted surgery system and method for orienting a knee implant" was invented by Catherine Leveille (Montreal), Benoit Pelletier (Montreal), Bruno Falardeau (Verdun, Canada) and Karine Duval (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reference jig comprises a base adapted to be secured to a distal end of a bone. An adjustment mechanism has a bracket, one or more rotational joints operatively mounting the bracket to the base, whereby the bracket is rotatable in two or more rotational degrees of freedom relative to the base, and one or more translational joints...