US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on July 29 for "Robotic system for shoulder arthroplasty using stemless implant components" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,063, issued on July 29, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Robotic system for shoulder arthroplasty using stemless implant components" was invented by David Viscardi (Glen Rock, N.J.), Jan Heinsohn (Boca Raton, Fla.), Andrew Jacob Nelson (New York City, N.Y.), Rajan Yadav (New Delhi) and Jetinder Singh (Gurgaon, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Robotic system and methods for preparing a bone of a joint to receive an implant. Virtual object(s) are used to define a volume of material to be removed from the bone for receipt of the implant. A robotic manipulator controls a cutting tool based on the virtual obj...