ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,157, issued on March 25, was assigned to Paragon Advanced Technologies Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Talus formation and implantation method" was invented by Gregory J. Kowalczyk (Little Silver, Md.), Selene G. Parekh (Cary, N.C.) and Luciano Bernardino Bertolotti (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for printing a talus implant comprising the steps of scanning a joint for a damaged talus, and scanning a contralateral joint for a healthy talus. Next, the process includes obtaining dimensions for a talus based upon an initial scan and then obtaining dimensions for a talus based upon the scan of the contralate...