US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Dec. 16 for "Method for optimization of orthopedic component design" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,134, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Method for optimization of orthopedic component design" was invented by John W. Sperling (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for understanding external and internal anatomy of bones through the use of imaging data and 3D modeling to facilitate the design of anatomically correct plates, devices and implants are disclosed. In one aspect the method results in an implant or plate that includes at least one curved surface wherein a contour of the at least one curved surface corresponds to an anatomic shape o...