Patent 12127769 was granted and assigned to CARLSMED, INC. on October, 2024 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A patient-specific jig for confirming a correct contour of a fixation element in an operative setting, the patient-specific jig including a jig body having a top end and a bottom end provided at opposite ends of a longitudinal axis of the jig body, and an inner contour guide disposed in a front surface of the jig body, the inner contour guide having a shaped cross-section and being shaped in a contoured curve along the longitudinal axis of the jig body, wherein the contoured curve conforms to a set of patient-specific geometric parameters.