US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on June 3 for "Method for modeling humeral anatomy and optimization of component design" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,301, issued on June 3, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Method for modeling humeral anatomy and optimization of component design" was invented by John W. Sperling (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Stemless components and fracture stems for joint arthroplasty, such as shoulder arthroplasty, are disclosed. Also, methods and devices are disclosed for the optimization of shoulder arthroplasty component design through the use of medical imaging data, such as computed tomography scan data."

The patent was filed on March 21, 2023, under Application No. 18/187,428.

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