ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,985, issued on Oct. 20.
"Surgical guide" was invented by Seamus John Tredinnick (Christchurch, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical guide adapted to receive and guide a surgical instrument for performing a bone osteotomy, the surgical guide including a body formed as an elongate block, the block further including first and second fixation apertures, the second fixation aperture adapted to receive a secondary fixation device on a second angle oblique to angle of the first fixation aperture, one or more further positioning apertures and a cutting channel."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2023, under Application No. 18...