ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,466, issued on June 30, was assigned to HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Osteotome extractor" was invented by Robert Courtney Jr. (Pierceton, Ind.) and Jeffrey M. Ondria (Warsaw, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for separating an implant from a bone, includes interfacing a tool with an implant including a flange, the flange including a proximal surface and a distal surface, the distal surface bearing on or facing the bone, the flange including an aperture defined through the flange; inserting an elongate element through the aperture from the proximal surface to the distal surface and into the bone; and partially...