US Patent Issued to Zimmer Biomet on Sept. 9 for "Surgical instruments including marking tools and cut guides" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,928, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Zimmer Biomet Pty Ltd (Belrose, Australia).

"Surgical instruments including marking tools and cut guides" was invented by Marika Mulqueen (Strathdale, Australia), Massoud Akbarshahi (Belrose, Australia) and Maximilian Pentecost (Belrose, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various orthopedic systems and techniques are disclosed. The systems according to one example can include a first portion configured to moveably couple to the first end of a body and configured to reference a first surface of the bone positioned to a first side of a longitudinal axis of the bone and a second portion con...