US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Jan. 13 for "Computer-assisted arthroplasty system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,181, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Computer-assisted arthroplasty system" was invented by Shawn P. McGuan (San Clemente, Calif.) and Elizabeth Duxbury (San Clemente, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for creating an activity-optimized cutting guides for surgical procedures includes receiving one or more pre-operative images depicting one or more anatomical joints of a patient, and creating a three-dimensional anatomical model of the one or more anatomica...