US Patent Issued to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS on Nov. 4 for "Metaphyseal referencing technique and instrument" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,514, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Metaphyseal referencing technique and instrument" was invented by Alexander Paul Wolfe (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and David R. Stump (Columbia City, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sizing the resected surface to provide metaphyseal referencing and to properly guide a tool into a central portion of the canal in the diaphysis. The system can include a sizing feature to approximate the size of the metaphysis. The system can also include a base configured to contact the metaphysis and a guide feature configured to guide a tool along a central portio...