ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,870, issued on Sept. 22.
"Implant including egg-shaped internal architecture, and methods" was invented by Robert S. Bray Jr. (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Robert P. Kenney (La Verne, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical implant includes an interior architecture including at least one ovate or egg-shaped bone contacting element. The at least one egg-shaped bone contacting element being defined by a first wall structure including a superior side portion, intermediate portions, and an inferior side portion. The superior side portion includes a top end defining a first arc radius and the inferior side portion includes a botto...