US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Aug. 12 for "Straight and curved femoral broach impactor adapters" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,324, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Straight and curved femoral broach impactor adapters" was invented by Daniel E. Lashure (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Nathan C. Reeder (Warsaw, Ind.), Humberto Isaza (Warsaw, Ind.) and Cory A. Shulaw (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic surgical instrument may include an elongated body with a broach end and an impactor end. The body may be straight or curved. A latch lever may be pivotally coupled to the elongated body. The latch lever may be moveable between an open position and a latched position in which the latch lever is retained ...