US Patent Issued to Synthes on Sept. 8 for "Failure detection and sensor based control in a motorized bone fixation device" (Israeli, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,916, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Synthes GmbH (Oberdorf, Switzerland).

"Failure detection and sensor based control in a motorized bone fixation device" was invented by Shahar Harari (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Oren Cohen (Moreshet, Israel), Scott P. Lavoritano (West Chester, Pa.) and Albert A. Montello (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for use with an adjustable bone fixation device having a frame connectible to bone tissue and a plurality of struts connected to the frame, the control system comprising: a plurality of actuators associated with the plurality of struts, each actuator configured for adjus...