US Patent Issued to Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education on April 22 for "Implant with bone contacting elements having helical and undulating planar geometries" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,968, issued on April 22, was assigned to Institute for Musculoskeletal Science and Education Ltd. (King of Prussia, Pa.).

"Implant with bone contacting elements having helical and undulating planar geometries" was invented by Joseph M. Nyahay (Eagleville, Pa.), Edward J. McShane III (Collegeville, Pa.), Sean S. Bishop (Malvern, Pa.), Christopher J. Ryan (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Megan A. Stauffer (Wayne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant may include a first body member and a second body member, at least one bone contacting arched member, and a first external element extending from the first body member to the second bo...