ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,917, issued on July 7, was assigned to MDSIM (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).

"Device and method for generating a 3D biomechanical model of a spine of a patient and assisting a user in planning a spine treatment for said patient's spine" was invented by Roger Assaker (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Richard Assaker (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg), Laurent Adam (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg) and Florent Hannard (Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device and method for generating a geometrical model and a 3D biomechanical model of a spine of a patient and assisting a user in plann...