ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,104, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Surgical cutting guide" was invented by Christophe Girouard (Sarcicourt, France) and Said Moussa (Chamarandes-Choignes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical cutting guide includes a body having at least one first cutting slot formed between a first cutting guide surface and an opposing second cutting guide surface. The first cutting slot extends longitudinally between a first end stop surface and an opposing second end stop surface. The first end stop surface has a first convex surface contour and/or the second end stop surface has a second convex...