ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,947, issued on March 11, was assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Glenoid implant anchor post" was invented by Robert Courtney Jr. (Pierceton, Ind.), Austin Wyatt Mutchler (Warsaw, Ind.) and R. Sean Churchill (Mequon, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glenoid prosthesis includes a head portion and an anchor. The head portion includes a first surface adapted to contact a glenoid and an opposed second surface that is at least partially concave. The anchor extends from the first surface of the head portion and terminates at a distal end. At least one first circular member is disposed between the head portion and t...