ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,249, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Shoulder implant for simulating a bursa" was invented by Shaul Shohat (Kfar Haoranim, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shoulder implant for simulating a naturally occurring bursa proximal to or in lieu of a subacromial bursa, the shoulder implant comprising: an expandable member expandable to a size and/or a shape sufficient to fill a space beneath an acromion and/or a coracoid process of the shoulder, the space defines a filled volume less than a maximal volume occupied by the expandable member if fully expanded; and an amount ...