ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,236, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Sensorized knee arthroplasty utilizing an intraoperative sensor system" was invented by Marc Stein (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and techniques can be provided to generate sensorized insights into the characteristics of a knee joint space during a knee replacement procedure. In some implementations, a sensor support body carrying one or more sensors can be used to measure and inform the clinician of the varus/valgus angles of the tibia and femur, allowing the clinician to adjust the surgical procedure to accommodate the measure...