US Patent Issued to ENCORE MEDICAL on April 15 for "Glenosphere with flange for augmented fixation and related methods" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,624, issued on April 15, was assigned to ENCORE MEDICAL LP (Austin, Texas).

"Glenosphere with flange for augmented fixation and related methods" was invented by Mark A. Frankle (Tampa, Fla.), Sergio Gutierrez (Tampa, Fla.) and Gerald Williams (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glenosphere includes a body and a flange. The body includes a first body surface and a spherical second body surface, and includes an engagement feature to engage with an attachment structure attachable to a bone. The flange extends radially outward from the body and includes a first flange surface contiguous with a first body surface and a second fla...