ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,592, issued on June 10, was assigned to Ossability Ltd. (Christchurch, New Zealand).

"Veterinary surgical guide" was invented by Seamus John Tredinnick (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Brent Michael Higgins (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a surgical guide for receiving and guiding a surgical instrument performing a bone osteotomy, the guide including a body, at least one cutting channel extending in length along the first body face and extending through the body, the cutting channel having a discrete length such that the channel is bounded by the first and second body faces through wh...