US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG SMITH, NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on March 18 for "Medical devices and methods for forming medical devices having a porous structure" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,312, issued on March 18, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG SMITH (Zug, Switzerland) and NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Medical devices and methods for forming medical devices having a porous structure" was invented by Roger Ryan Dees Jr. (Drummonds, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices, such as orthopedic medical implants, and corresponding methods of applying a porous coating to the medical device are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical device may include a plurality of texture features extending from a base surface, and a porous coating applied i...