ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,121, issued on May 20, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a first member including a first portion and a second portion. The second portion includes an arm and a part. The part is connectable with a first blade such that the first blade is rotatable about the longitudinal axis through a selected angular range and about the transverse axis through a selected angular range. A second member includes a first portion and a secon...