U.S. Patent 7981158 was awarded to ConforMIS, Inc. on 2011-07-19 and describes a “Patient selectable joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools.” This patent has been cited 257 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative medical technology patents in the field of instruments. The abstract states:

A patellar 3-D guidance tool includes a template. The template includes at least one contact surface for engaging a surface of the patella. The at least one contact surface substantially conforms with the surface associated with the patellar. At least one guide aperture directs movement of a surgical instrument, wherein the shape and/or position of the guide aperture is based, at least in part, on three or more anatomic reference points associated with the patellar. Link: U.S. Patent 7981158

This patent was originally filed on 2008-06-09 which gives it a processing time of 1135 days, compared to an average processing time of 1551 in the field. ConforMIS, Inc. has 118 total patents. The first named inventor is Philipp Lang of Lexington, SC. The primary examiner was Pedro Philogene.

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