ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,540, issued on July 22, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Adaptive positioning technology" was invented by Arno Blau (Balingen, Germany), Bernd Simon (Kiel, Germany) and Lars Metz (Kiel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a bone fracture includes taking a first 2D image of an implant and a reference body with an imaging device; creating a 3D orientation of the reference body and the implant based on the 2D image; determining an actual axis of delivery of a bone screw through an opening extending through the implant; determining an optimal axis of delivery of the bone ...