ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,852, issued on May 13, was assigned to Encore Medical LP (Austin, Texas).
"Canal sparing humeral implant and related methods" was invented by Alysha Robicheaux (Austin, Texas) and Ellen Chen (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A humeral implant is provided. The implant includes a humeral stem including a plurality of fins. At least one fin comprises a serrated bottom edge. A radial distance between an inner bottom edge of the at least one fin and a centerline of the humeral implant increases along a distal length of extension of the at least one fin. At least the serrated bottom edge of the at least one fin is configured to...