US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on June 3 for "Coated implant and method of making the same" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,299, issued on June 3, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Coated implant and method of making the same" was invented by Oscar A. Quintana-Ponce (Goshen, Ind.), Bryan J. Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Craig N. Ernsberger (Granger, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic knee implant includes a femoral component having a substrate and a coating disposed on the surface of the substrate. A method for making a femoral component of an orthopaedic knee implant is also disclosed."

The patent was filed on Feb. 19, 2021, under Application No. 17/179,827.

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