ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,041, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Exactech Inc. (Gainesville, Fla.).
"Device and method for acromion replacement" was invented by Brian Barnard (Gainesville, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes an acromion portion sized and shaped to replicate functions of the native acromion, and a fixation portion connected to the acromion portion, the fixation portion including a first arm portion and a second arm portion spaced apart from the first arm portion, wherein the first arm and second arm portions are positioned such that, when the device is positioned such that the acromion portion is in a native position of the...