US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Oct. 20 for "Patient specific instrumentation for surgical implantation of a femoral component" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,881, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Patient specific instrumentation for surgical implantation of a femoral component" was invented by Alfred Kuo (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic surgical assembly are configured to be received on a neck of a femur between a head and a shaft of the femur. The embodiment may include a base portion with a body portion defining a contoured recess, wherein the contoured recess is configured to be received adjacent a portion of the neck of the femur. A first guide plate may include a ...