ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,609, issued on April 8, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Method of manufacturing a tibial implant" was invented by Aiguo Wang (Wayne, N.J.), Matthew P. Poggie (Montclair, N.J.) and Nicholas Nai Guang Dong (Little Falls, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing a stem portion of an orthopedic implant from a bone comprises exposing an implanted orthopedic implant having a body portion, a stem portion interconnected to the body and a porous metal section forming an interconnection between the body and the stem portion. A cutting tool is mounted on a holder connected to an exposed surface of the...