US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on Dec. 2 for "Plate selection user interface and design tool with database" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,967, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Plate selection user interface and design tool with database" was invented by Manoj Kumar Singh (Mahwah, N.J.) and Anup Kumar (Gurgaon, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods in which a surgeon can use computer-implemented deformity assessment and correction tools to create 3D models of a bone. To ensure adequate healing, a surgeon may choose to use a prefabricated bone plate, a semi-customized bone plate, or a fully-customized bone plate to hold first and second bone portions in a corrected positio...