ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,178, issued on May 20, was assigned to WAVETEST LLC (Cincinnati).
"Systems and methods for determining the cure of PMMA intraoperatively after implantation of an orthopedic device" was invented by 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 implant to the bone in a cured state, a device which provides access to the grout or bone cement in position o...