US Patent Issued to Arthrosurface on Nov. 4 for "Humeral and glenoid articular surface implant systems and methods" (Massachusetts, Ohio, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,503, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Arthrosurface Inc. (West Bridgewater, Mass.).

"Humeral and glenoid articular surface implant systems and methods" was invented by Anthony Miniaci (Bentleyville, Ohio), Steven W. Ek (Durham, N.H.), William B. Murphy (Brockton, Mass.) and Timothy H. Brightman (Franklin, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a humeral implant. The humeral implant includes a tray including a body defining a bone facing recess and a liner recess, said bone facing recess including a ring surface and a convex surface, wherein the ring surface has a profile substantially c...