2021 SEP 21 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - According to news reporting originating from Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx journalists, a patent by the inventors Cooper, Andrew J. (Belleair Bluffs, FL, US), DeCook, Charles (Gainesville, GA, US), filed on January 8, 2021, was published online on August 31, 2021. The assignee for this patent, patent number 11107586, is Cuptimize Inc. (Belleair Bluffs, Florida, United States). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "1. Field of the Invention "This invention relates, generally, to acetabular cup implantation. More specifically, it relates to a system and method for determining and conveying the risk of hip dislocations for patients undergoing hip replacement surgery. "2. Brief Description of the Prior Art "Hip replacement surgery requires the implantation of an acetabular cup into the acetabulum in the pelvis. The acetabular cup houses the femoral head of the femoral implant in the artificial hip joint. Traditionally, surgeons performing hip replacement surgery position the acetabular cup component during surgery based upon a standard range of acceptable values for anteversion and inclination, known as the Lewinnek "Safe Zone." This safe zone is a cup inclination of 40°±10° and a cup anteversion of 15°±10°. Acetabular cups placed within the Lewinnek safe zone have traditionally been thought to be relatively safe from postoperative dislocation. Over the years, many surgeons have determined that a more ideal positioning includes the acetabular cup inserted at an inclination angle of roughly 43 degrees and an anteversion angle of roughly 23 degrees.
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