ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,344, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Constrained orthopaedic implants and methods of repair" was invented by Joel Zubizarreta (Naples, Fla.) and Gregory Guederian (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implants and methods for restoring functionality to a bone and/or joint. The implants disclosed herein may be dimensioned and/or positioned relative to a bone to establish a constraint. The implants may include an articular surface establishing the constraint. The articular surface may have different radii of curvature to establish a non-spherical contour."
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