US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Sept. 23 for "Intraoperative implant augmentation" (Tennessee, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,696, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Intraoperative implant augmentation" was invented by Roger Ryan Dees Jr. (Drummonds, Tenn.), Sied W. Janna (Memphis, Tenn.), Daniel Farley (Memphis, Tenn.) and Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems of augmenting an implant intraoperatively and preparing a cone for revision surgical procedure are disclosed. A system includes a cutting device, a tracking and navigation system and a cutting system in operable communication with the cutting device and the tracking and navigation system. The cutting device includes a...