US Patent Issued to RESTOR3D on April 14 for "Surgical guides and processes for producing and using the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,390, issued on April 14, was assigned to RESTOR3D INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Surgical guides and processes for producing and using the same" was invented by Joel Bordayo (Durham, N.C.), Brian Garvey (Raleigh, N.C.), Dhwanit Shashi Vispute (Durham, N.C.) and Deepak Padmanabhan (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are 3D-printed patient-specific surgical guides and methods for making and using the same. In at least one embodiment, the guides include a first and second end, a first and second side, a conformal bone engaging surface, a front surface, one or more porous regions, one or more walls, and a plurality of op...