US Patent Issued to Taiwan Main Orthopaedic Biotechnology on Feb. 24 for "Method, system and apparatus for designing a bone plate to be used in an orthopedic surgery" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,162, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Taiwan Main Orthopaedic Biotechnology Co. Ltd. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Method, system and apparatus for designing a bone plate to be used in an orthopedic surgery" was invented by Min-Liang Wang (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for designing a bone plate to be used in an orthopedic surgery and to be placed on a bone structure includes: constructing a three-dimensional (3D) model of the bone structure; controlling a display screen to display an image that corresponds with the 3D model; in response to a plurality of designated points inputted on the image, calculating a plur...