US Patent Issued to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS on March 18 for "Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,118, issued on March 18, was assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Guides and instruments for improving accuracy of glenoid implant placement" was invented by Shawn M. Gargac (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Nicolas R. Neichel (Le Sappey en Chartreuse, France) and Benoit Le Negaret (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reaming guide for reaming a bone is disclosed. The reaming guide includes a peripheral member configured to mate with a peripheral guide feature; a rigid body extending from the peripheral member to adjacent to a reaming head of a reamer, where the rigid body is configured to be mounted to the reamer ...