US Patent Issued to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY on March 24 for "Apparatus for orthognathic surgical planning" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,445, issued on March 24, was assigned to KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Apparatus for orthognathic surgical planning" was invented by Omar Abdullah Bin Suhaym (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Hissah Saleh Alshalawi (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for orthognathic surgical planning includes a base plate and a central pillar mounted to the base plate. An anterior plate, first posterior plate, and second posterior plate are provided as top plates mounted above the base plate. The top plates include respective linear adjustment screws, vertical adjustment screws, and ball joints permitting mult...