US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on April 7 for "Robotic system for shoulder arthroplasty using stemless implant components" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,171, issued on April 7, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Robotic system for shoulder arthroplasty using stemless implant components" was invented by Rajan Yadav (New Delhi), Jetinder Singh (Gurgaon, India) and Koustubh Rao (Hallandale Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Robotic systems and methods for robotic arthroplasty. The robotic system includes a machining station and a guidance station. The guidance station tracks movement of various objects in the operating room, such as a surgical tool, a humerus of a patient, and a scapula of the patient. The guidance station tracks these objects for purpose...