US Patent Issued to Medacta International on Oct. 27 for "Adjustment system and method for patient position intraoperatively using radiographic measurements" (Georgia, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,275, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Medacta International SA (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

"Adjustment system and method for patient position intraoperatively using radiographic measurements" was invented by Friedrich Boettner (Larchmont, N.Y.) and Ajay Premkumar (Decatur, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Image-guided implant placement as a function of a determined axial rotation of a pelvis. At least one pelvic image presenting a two-dimensional lateral view of a pelvis and at least one pelvic image presenting a 2-D antero-posterior view of the pelvis are processed, including to measure at least one of distances, angles, a...