US Patent Issued to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS on Dec. 30 for "Glenoid implant components and instruments therefor" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,130, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Glenoid implant components and instruments therefor" was invented by Matthew Victor Kartholl (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Charles L. Penninger (Warsaw, Ind.), Austin Wyatt Mutchler (Warsaw, Ind.), Ryan D. Koepke (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Anne Schlamb (Leesburg, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glenosphere handling tool, which can be an inserter, is provided that includes an elongate body and a retention portion. The retention portion is disposed at a distal end of the elongate body. The retention portion includes a plurality of wall segments of the elongate b...