US Patent Issued to OMNIlife Science on Aug. 4 for "Computer aided orthopedic surgery system having a joint distraction device" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,109, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to OMNIlife Science Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Computer aided orthopedic surgery system having a joint distraction device" was invented by Christopher Plaskos (Plymouth, Mass.), Christian Joly (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Frederic Leger (Rennes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic distraction device is provided. The orthopedic distraction device includes a first upper paddle for engaging a first bone of a joint, a lower paddle for engaging a second bone of the joint and a displacement mechanism. The displacement mechanism includes a drive assembly operable to move the upper paddle relative ...