ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,602, issued on May 27, was assigned to BioShift LLC (Ketchum, Idaho).
"Milling apparatus for implanting a joint prosthesis" was invented by Randall Lane Acker (Ketchum, Idaho) and Gregory Thomas Van Der Meulen (Ketchum, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel and improved elbow prosthesis and method of implanting same including a prosthesis system that has a retaining system. The joint prosthesis system can include an implant, and an alignment guide. The alignment guide can include a post member extending through a central axis of rotation in a prosthesis and a drill guide member having a first limiting member for limiting artic...