US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on April 8 for "Stemless metaphyseal humeral implant" (Indian, American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,610, issued on April 8, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Stemless metaphyseal humeral implant" was invented by Daniel E. Sapio (Mohegan Lake, N.Y.), Ashish Mehta (Rajasthan, India), Andrew J. Nelson (New City, N.Y.), Bernhard Hofstaetter (Munich) and Sunny Shorabh (Ghaziabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stemless prosthetic shoulder joint may include a prosthetic humeral head and a stemless base. The stemless base may include a collar and an anchor extending from the collar intended to anchor the base into the proximal humerus. The base may include a proximal collar having a proximal surface and a ...