US Patent Issued to Universiteit Antwerpen, MoRe Institute VZW, Dr. Matthias Vanhees BVBA on Dec. 16 for "Implantable plate and method of manufacturing thereof" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,109, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Universiteit Antwerpen (Antwerp, Belgium), MoRe Institute VZW (Deurne, Belgium) and Dr. Matthias Vanhees BVBA (Antwerp, Belgium).

"Implantable plate and method of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Matthias Vanhees (Antwerp, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a method for obtaining an implantable plate for healing a fractured joint of a patient, comprising the steps of: 1) providing a 3D representation of a bone structure in a zone around a joint fracture, the zone comprising essentially all fragments of broken or ruptured bones and at least the ends of un...