ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,785, issued on May 12, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for orthopedic implants" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Michael J. Cordonnier (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and computer-implemented method for manufacturing an orthopedic implant involves segmenting features in an image of anatomy. Anatomic elements can be isolated. Spatial relationships between the isolated anatomic elements can be manipulated. Negative space between anatomic elements is mapped before and/or after manipulating the spatial relationships. At least a portion of the negati...