US Patent Issued to SMed-TA/TD on June 30 for "Adjusted stiffness orthopaedic implants and method of manufacture" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,465, issued on June 30, was assigned to SMed-TA/TD LLC (Columbia City, Ind.).

"Adjusted stiffness orthopaedic implants and method of manufacture" was invented by Gregory C. Stalcup (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Paul S. Nebosky (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Kreigh R. Williams (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic implant includes: a porous ingrowth material body including a porous ingrowth material including a polymer and configured to be implanted within the spine of a human or a non-human animal, the material body comprising a top surface and a bottom surface and a through-hole extending through the material body from the t...