ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,625, issued on April 15, was assigned to Acumed LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).
"Wrist arthroplasty system and method" was invented by Terrence Chadwick Smith (Portland, Ore.), Bryon Marshall Morse (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Mark Bernhard Sommers (Beaverton, Ore.) and Charles Andrew Pailthorpe (Reading, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides for a wrist arthroplasty system and method that enable an expedient surgical procedure, maintain wrist motion, and reduce the likelihood of implant loosening. The system includes a capitate implant, a radial implant, and a resection instrument. The capitate implant includes ...