US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Nov. 18 for "Orthopaedic implant systems including fixation features and methods of repair" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,067, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Orthopaedic implant systems including fixation features and methods of repair" was invented by Rudraksh Khosla (Naples, Fla.), Mark Wise (Naples, Fla.), John David Paterson (Naples, Fla.) and Gregory Guederian (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implant systems and methods for restoring functionality to a bone and/or joint. The implant systems disclosed herein may include a taper locking mechanism to limit or otherwise oppose separation between components and may include one or more flanges adapted to abut an exterior...