US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Dec. 2 for "Three-dimensional porous structures for bone ingrowth and methods for producing" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,014, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Three-dimensional porous structures for bone ingrowth and methods for producing" was invented by Weidong Tong (Warsaw, Ind.), Andrew T. Rosenberger (Baltimore), Robert J. Kane (Warsaw, Ind.), Bryan J. Smith (Ft. Wayne, Ind.), Luke C. Ice (Garrett, Ind.), Fionnan A. McNamara (County Carlow, Ireland) and Edward Patrick Kavanagh (Mallow, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic prosthetic component is provided. The orthopaedic prosthetic component comprises a porous three-dimensional structure shaped to be implanted in a patient's body. ...