ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,931, issued on March 31, was assigned to Mahmoud Hafez (Giza, Egypt).
"Method and tool for measuring and correcting deformities for fractures and osteotomies" was invented by Mahmoud Alm El Din Hafez (Giza, Egypt) and Mansoor Tahnoon Al Nehayan (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is a method and tool for measuring and correcting deformities during osteotomy and treatment of fractures. The tool designed to restoring, alignment and correcting deformities of bone and joints is based on preoperative imaging and calculation of the deformity angle and planning for the deformity correction, the tool ...