US Patent Issued to KICO KNEE INNOVATION on March 24 for "Surgical instrument for alignment of bone cuts in total joint replacements" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,412, issued on March 24, was assigned to KICO KNEE INNOVATION COMPANY Pty LTD. (Frenchs Forest, Australia).

"Surgical instrument for alignment of bone cuts in total joint replacements" was invented by Brad Miles (New South Wales, Australia), Jialong Li (New South Wales, Australia) and Willy Theodore (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to surgical instruments for alignment of bone cuts during surgeries on joints and in particular, during total replacement of joints. The surgical instrument comprises a contact surface shaped to fit a prepared end of the first bone of the joint and an arti...