ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,939, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OSferionBiomaterials Corp. (Tokyo).

"Osteotomy assistance jig, digital template, and long bone corrective osteotomy" was invented by Takashi Sato (Niigata, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an osteotomy assistance jig, a digital template, and long bone corrective osteotomy. This osteotomy assistance jig comprises: a first registration member that has a positioning plate serving as a placement reference, and that sets a fixed position of a distal screw bolt; and a second registration member that is connected to the first registration member at an arbitrarily defined pivot angle ...