US Patent Issued to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS HOLDINGS on Aug. 12 for "Systems and methods for installing an orthopedic implant" (Florida, California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,287, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS HOLDINGS INC. (Tiel, Netherlands).

"Systems and methods for installing an orthopedic implant" was invented by Paul Stemniski (Arlington, Tenn.), Sarah Lancianese (Orlando, Fla.) and Richard Obert (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a cartridge having an elongate body extending from a first end to a second end and having a top side and a bottom side. The cartridge defines a first hole adjacent to the first end that extends through the cartridge from the bottom side to the top side. The top side of the cartridge defines a pair of parallel slots th...