US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Dec. 9 for "Implant with blade for displacing or cutting soft tissue during expansion" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,015, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Implant with blade for displacing or cutting soft tissue during expansion" was invented by Jean-Francois Oglaza (Pins-Justaret, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable implant for bone restoration. The implant includes a first end element and a second end element. A plate is expandable in a first direction, and a blade expandable in a second direction. A first interconnecting element extends between the plate and at least one of the first and second end elements. A second interconnecting element extends between the blade and ...