ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,057, issued on July 1, was assigned to WAVETEST LLC (Cincinnati).
"Discrete derivative differential circuit driven system and methods for determining the cure of PMMA intraoperatively after implantation of an orthopedic device" was invented by Craig E. Morin (Galena, Ohio), Gary E. Myers (New Albany, Ohio), Daniel A. Funk (Cincinnati) and Quang-Viet Nguyen (Aldie, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a system for securing an implant to a bone comprising an implant which is affixed to the bone, a grout or bone cement comprising a composition that cures in an exothermic reaction and which is capable of securing the...