ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,415, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TORNIER SAS (Montbonnot-Saint-Martin, France).
"Intra-articular joint replacement and method" was invented by Michel Hassler (Saint Ismier, France), Gilles Walch (Lyons, France), Pierric Deransart (Saint Martin d'uriage, France), Lucile Ferrand (Montbonnot, France) and Pascal Boileau (Nice, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of implanting a prosthesis to repair a joint include exposing a first bone of the joint; resecting an end portion of the first bone to form a resected end defining a resection plane; forming a concavity in the resected end portion of the first bone using a shapin...