ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,232, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Encore Medical LP (Austin, Texas).
"Orthopedic components" was invented by Sergio Gutierrez (Tampa, Fla.), Joseph P. Iannotti (Cleveland), Mark A. Frankle (Tampa, Fla.), Gerald Williams (Philadelphia), Thomas Bradley Edwards (Houston), Jonathan Levy (Overland Park, Fla.) and Joseph A. Abboud (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to orthopedic components. In some embodiments, an orthopedic component comprises a stem portion including a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the stem portion is configured to be inserte...