US Patent Issued to SHOULDER HAND INNOVATIONS on Sept. 30 for "Systems and methods of thumb caropmetacarpal joints implants" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,022, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SHOULDER HAND INNOVATIONS LLC (Odessa, Fla.).

"Systems and methods of thumb caropmetacarpal joints implants" was invented by Ioannis P. Pappou (Odessa, Fla.) and Sergio Gutierrez (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus can include a metacarpal implant, a trapezium implant, and a spacer. The metacarpal implant can include a stem to be inserted into a first cavity of a metacarpal bone and having a first end and a second end, a radial lip, the radial lip extending from the second end, and an opening, the opening extending from the radial lip to the first end. The trapezium impla...