US Patent Issued to HYALEX ORTHOPAEDICS on Nov. 4 for "Metatarsophalangeal joint implants and methods thereof" (Massachusetts, California, Connecticut, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,405, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HYALEX ORTHOPAEDICS INC. (Lexington, Mass.).

"Metatarsophalangeal joint implants and methods thereof" was invented by Mary Tribble (Somerville, Mass.), James Craig Fryman (Middleton, Mass.), Michael E. Hawkins (Columbia City, Ind.), Brad Vale (Santa Clara, Calif.), Daniel C. Taylor (Littleton, Mass.), Jessica Indyk (Mansfield, Mass.), Julia Beekman (Brighton, Mass.), Carl Vause (Concord, Mass.) and Mary Elizabeth Schmidt (Pomfret Center, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices described herein relate an implant adapted to be placed in a bone in the metatarsophalangeal j...