US Patent Issued to Kico Knee Innovation on June 9 for "Computer-implemented method for estimating range of motion of a joint connecting bones" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,816, issued on June 9, was assigned to Kico Knee Innovation Co. Pty Ltd. (Pymble, Australia).

"Computer-implemented method for estimating range of motion of a joint connecting bones" was invented by Brad Peter Miles (Pymble, Australia) and Joshua Twiggs (Pymble, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method (100) for estimating range of motion of a joint (3) connecting a first bone (5) to a second bone (7), the joint comprising a point of rotation (9) defining rotation of the first bone relative to the second bone. The method comprises: obtaining (110) a digital model of the joint that includes, for each bone (5, 7), re...