US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on Oct. 27 for "Kinetic assessment and alignment of the muscular-skeletal system and method therefor" (Arizona, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,125, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Kinetic assessment and alignment of the muscular-skeletal system and method therefor" was invented by Marc Stein (Chandler, Ariz.) and Martin Roche (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed herein for providing a kinetic assessment and preparation of a prosthetic joint comprising one or more prosthetic components. The system comprises a prosthetic component including sensors and circuitry configured to measure load, position of load, and joint alignment. The system further includes a remote system for receiving, proces...