US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on July 8 for "Patient-specific ankle guide systems and methods" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,926, issued on July 8, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Patient-specific ankle guide systems and methods" was invented by Ryan Sellman (Carlisle, Pa.) and David Barry (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure includes devices for assisting in performing an ankle arthroplasty on a non-resected bone surface of a tibia and/or a talus. The devices may include patient-specific mating surfaces configured to engage the non-resected bone surface in a single relative position relative to the non-resected bone surface. The patient specific nature of the mating surface portion may be gener...