US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on May 26 for "Soft glenoid awning and related repair procedures" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,155, issued on May 26, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Soft glenoid awning and related repair procedures" was invented by Mehmet Ziya Sengun (Canton, Mass.), Stefan Gabriel (Raynham, Mass.) and Gerome O. Miller (Randolph, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for opposing abnormal motion of an adjacent bone are provided. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical method includes delivering and securing a bone barrier to a bone bed of a glenoid such that at least a portion of the bone barrier extends laterally beyond the bone bed and can oppose, prevent, and/or reduce abnormal motion of...