US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on April 15 for "Surgical system and method" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,430, issued on April 15, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Surgical system and method" was invented by Bertrand Peultier (Les Hopitaux Neufs, France) and Loic Josse (Palm Beach Garden, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a first member having a mating surface that is connectable with a first blade and a height controller. The height controller is connectable with a surgical distractor and configured to translate the first member relative to the surgical distractor. A second member includes a second blade and is movable relative to the first member such that the blades are movable to...