US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on June 16 for "Patient specific femoral prosthesis" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,684, issued on June 16, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Patient specific femoral prosthesis" was invented by Rodney E. Satterthwaite (Huntington, Ind.), Jeffrey A. McAnelly (Churubusco, Ind.) and Andrew M. Jacobs (Ft. Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A femoral prosthesis system for an orthopaedic hip implant and method of use is disclosed. The prosthesis system includes a femoral stem component that includes a core body and a casing that encases the core body. The casing can be additively manufactured such that the core body defines a predetermined orientation in the core body among a pluralit...