US Patent Issued to SMed-TA/TD on July 8 for "Adjusted stiffness orthopaedic implants and method of manufacture" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,165, issued on July 8, was assigned to SMed-TA/TD LLC (Columbia City, Ind.).

"Adjusted stiffness orthopaedic implants and method of manufacture" was invented by Gregory C. Stalcup (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Paul S. Nebosky (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Kreigh R. Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic implant includes: a first porous ingrowth material region; a second porous ingrowth material region coupled to the first porous ingrowth material region; and an intermediate region disposed between the first porous ingrowth material region and the second porous ingrowth material region. The intermediate region has a st...