US Patent Issued to Monogram Technologies on Nov. 3 for "Optimized cutting tool paths for robotic total knee arthroplasty resection systems and methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,596, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Monogram Technologies Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Optimized cutting tool paths for robotic total knee arthroplasty resection systems and methods" was invented by Kamran Shamaei (Austin, Texas) and Sanath Vurelli (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Active robotic systems and methods for proximal tibia and/or a distal femur resections via a sagittal cutting blade to facilitate implantation of a total knee arthroplasty prosthesis. The systems include an articulated arm, a sagittal cutting blade defining a cutting edge that is configured to cut while being oscillated, and an end effector cou...