US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on June 24 for "Implants, systems and methods of using the same" (Indiana, Michigan, Maryland, Missouri, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,912, issued on June 24, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Implants, systems and methods of using the same" was invented by Brian C. Hodorek (Winona Lake, Ind.), Matthew J. Purdy (Winona Lake, Ind.), J. Michael Wiater (Beverly Hills, Mich.), Anand M. Murthi (Baltimore), Matthew J. Smith (Columbia, Mo.), Derek J. Cuff (Venice, Fla.), Andrew Jawa (Cambridge, Mass.) and Luke Austin (Haddonfield, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implants, device, systems and methods for replacing an articulation surface in a joint, for example, a reverse glenoid implant with a baseplate, a central screw, a peripheral scr...