US Patent Issued to Tornier on April 8 for "Method for modeling a glenoid surface of a scapula, apparatus for implanting a glenoid component of a shoulder prosthesis, and method for producing such a component" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,608, issued on April 8, was assigned to Tornier SAS (Montbonnot Saint Martin, France).

"Method for modeling a glenoid surface of a scapula, apparatus for implanting a glenoid component of a shoulder prosthesis, and method for producing such a component" was invented by Alain Tornier (Saint Ismier, France) and Delphine Claire Michelle Henry (Saint Ismier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and modeling method of the present invention includes the successive steps of generating cartographic data representative of points belonging to a glenoid surface; distinguishing from among the cartographic data a first group of cart...