US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on June 16 for "Implant with high primary stability and accelerated secondary stability" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,644, issued on June 16, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Implant with high primary stability and accelerated secondary stability" was invented by Robert L. Mayfield (Jupiter, Fla.), Michael D. Scalise (West Palm Beach, Fla.) and Zachary B. Suttin (West Palm Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for implantation into bone tissue includes an elongated body having an outer surface. The outer surface has at least one thread. The thread makes a number of turns around the body of the implant and includes a root, a flank and a crest. The root and a segment of the flank have a roughened portion compa...