ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,072, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Intercalary endoprosthesis" was invented by Kenneth Pascale (Hoboken, N.J.), Don Imami (Hoboken, N.J.) and Guillermo Mendoza (Jersey City, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intercalary prosthesis for spanning portions of a long bone includes a first intramedullary component that has a first stem and a first connector disposed at one end of the first stem. The first stem is configured to be received within an intramedullary canal of a long bone. A second intramedullary component has a second stem and a second connector disposed at one end of the seco...