US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on Nov. 18 for "Intramedullary prosthesis removal systems and methods thereof" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,078, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Intramedullary prosthesis removal systems and methods thereof" was invented by Md Rehan (Gurgaon, India), Philip Harris Frank (Maplewood, N.J.), Prateek Sharma (Jaipur, India), Mayur Dhawale (Yavatmal, India), Prabhanjan Nimkar (Thane, India), Venus Vermani (Palampur, India), Rahul Soni (Anuppur, India) and Subhash Jangid (Gurgaon, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for removing a hip stem from bone comprises drilling a channel through the bone adjacent to the hip stem from a proximal end to a distal end thereof, the channel defining a longi...