ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,195, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shoulder Innovations LLC (Palm Harbor, Fla.).
"Systems and methods of a glenoid component" was invented by Ioannis P. Pappou (Palm Harbor, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glenoid component includes a body, a first, convex surface, a second, concave surface, a third surface connecting the first and second surfaces, a channel, and at least one alignment member. The channel extends from a first channel opening of the first surface through the body to a second channel opening defined on the third surface and has a channel axis extending through the first and second channel openings. The chann...