US Patent Issued to Medfit International on Jan. 20 for "System and method for functional stability planning of replacement joints" (Austrian, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,144, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Medfit International AG (Kepfenberg, Austria).

"System and method for functional stability planning of replacement joints" was invented by Thomas Paszicsnyek (Bruck/Mur, Austria) and Bernardo Innocenti (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for guiding joint replacement procedures based on functional stability analysis of a joint. The method comprises communicatively connecting to a plurality of sensors worn by an individual at muscles in a joint area and performing an initial measurement that evaluates strength and activity level of the muscles. The initial measurement in...