US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Nov. 4 for "Retrograde femoral intramedullary nail, and related systems and methods" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,418, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Retrograde femoral intramedullary nail, and related systems and methods" was invented by Rohit Shinde (Irvine, Calif.), Thomas Keyer (West Chester, Pa.), David Cowens (West Chester, Pa.), Joshua McManus (Downingtown, Pa.), Raymond Schmitt (West Chester, Pa.), Michael Bushelow (West Chester, Pa.), Stanley J. Kmiec Jr. (Morgantown, Pa.) and Josef Gabelberger (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retrograde intramedullary nail for insertion in the medullary canal of a femur includes a body that is elongate and defines a leading end and a t...