US Patent Issued to LABORATOIRES BODYCAD on Nov. 18 for "Method for designing a patient-specific implant and patient-specific implant" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,068, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LABORATOIRES BODYCAD INC. (Quebec, Canada).

"Method for designing a patient-specific implant and patient-specific implant" was invented by Jean Robichaud (St-Aubert, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for designing a patient-specific implant is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining a 3D model of at least an articulation portion of a patient's bone, virtually cutting the articulation portion of the 3D model of the patient's bone for defining a resected bone surface having a resected surface area, selecting an implant from a library of standard implants based on the 3D ...