US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on June 2 for "Hip broach and implant designed using morphological data" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,539, issued on June 2, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Hip broach and implant designed using morphological data" was invented by Justin Joseph Gerges (Teaneck, N.J.), Sonia Donde (Jersey City, N.J.), Joshua Peterson (Warwick, N.Y.) and Matthew Demers (Ramsey, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to a broach for use in a mammalian femur. The broach includes a body with a proximal portion and a distal portion extending from the proximal portion. The proximal portion has a first surface with a plurality of first teeth and the distal portion has a second surface w...