ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,645, issued on June 17, was assigned to SMed-TA/TD LLC (Columbia City, Ind.).
"Methods of forming implants using heat bonding" was invented by Gregory C. Stalcup (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Joseph W. Jurick (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming an orthopaedic implant includes: placing a bonding portion of a mating part in an opening formed in an implant body, the opening defining a variable opening width; and heat bonding the bonding portion to the material to bond the mating part to the implant body."
The patent was filed on April 24, 2020, under Application No. 16/858,007.
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