ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,927, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Femur plate" was invented by Pierre-Luc Sylvestre (Grenchen, Switzerland), Andreas Wiederkehr (Biel/Bienne, Switzerland), Emil Schemitsch (Thornhill, Canada), Nicholas D. Morfing (Washingtonville, N.Y.) and Michael McKee (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A femur plate is provided, the femur plate comprising a first end portion anatomically pre-formed to conform to a trochanter region of the femur and a second end portion anatomically pre-formed to conform to a condyle region of the femur, wherein the second end por...