US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on Aug. 12 for "Orthopedic implant and methods of implanting and removing same" (American, Irish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,318, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Orthopedic implant and methods of implanting and removing same" was invented by Jeff F. Seavey (Houston), Lance N. Terrill (Glounthaune, Ireland) and Kasey A. Kilgore (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Illustrative embodiments of orthopedic implants and methods for surgically repairing hammertoe are disclosed. According to at least one illustrative embodiment, an orthopedic implant includes a proximal segment comprising a number of spring arms forming an anchored barb at a first end of the implant, a distal segment extending between the proximal s...