US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Jan. 28 for "System and method for implanting a secondary glenoid prosthesis" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,015, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"System and method for implanting a secondary glenoid prosthesis" was invented by Jason M. Chavarria (Warsaw, Ind.), Kyle E. Lappin (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) and Matthew G. Holda (Noblesville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implanting a shoulder prosthesis in a scapula of a patient includes the step of placing a guide over a primary glenoid component previously implanted within the scapula of the patient. The method further includes the steps of removing the primary glenoid component from the scapula and preparing the scapula for implantati...