US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Feb. 4 for "On-demand implant customization in a surgical setting" (American, Dutch, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,715, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"On-demand implant customization in a surgical setting" was invented by Jakob Kemper (Heemstede, Netherlands), Bernd Robioneck (Plon, Germany), Manoj Kumar Singh (Mahwah, N.J.) and Peter Sterrantino (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for intraoperative on-demand implant customization in a surgical setting. An apparatus may include a storage portion, an implant customization portion and an interface. The storage portion may house implant blanks and implant accessories. The implan...