US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Oct. 20 for "Augment reamer and related methods" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,885, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Augment reamer and related methods" was invented by Stephen J. Orphanos (Bridgewater, Mass.), Gary Fernandes (Assonet, Mass.), Christian Amaral (South Dartmouth, Mass.), Francisco A. Amaral (Acushnet, Mass.), Raymond F. Murphy (Attleboro, Mass.) and Robert Ciocca (Woonsocket, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Reamer instruments and related methods are disclosed for use in preparing bone, such as a glenoid bone surface, to receive an implant requiring one of two or more possible surface geometries. Described reamer instruments can have a modula...