US Patent Issued to BIOMET 3I on March 31 for "Surface treatment for an implant surface" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,981, issued on March 31, was assigned to BIOMET 3I LLC (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Surface treatment for an implant surface" was invented by Daniel Mandanici (Loxahatchee, Fla.), Zachary B. Suttin (West Palm Beach, Fla.), Keng-Min Lin (San Mateo, Calif.) and Olga S. Sanchez (Wellington, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant system and a method of forming the implant system including an implant to be implanted into living bone. The implant includes titanium. The implant includes a first surface geometry on a first portion of a surface of the implant and a second surface geometry on a second portion of the surface of the imp...